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| clerical practice ofholding more than one church office at the same time and enjoying the income from each |
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| spirtitual classic authored by Thomas a Kempis urging Christ as teh model of christian life and simplicity in living; widely read by laypeople as well as by clergy |
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| church assembly theoretically representing all catholic coutries and peoples but that ideal was not achieved at the Lateran council nor at he council of Trent |
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| papal statement granting remission of priest imposed penalty for sin popular belief however held that an indulgence secured complete remission of all penalities for sin before and after death |
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| series of imperial meetings at teh bishops palace at worms in Rhineland where luther defended his doctrines before the emperor charles V |
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| at the diet of speyer princes who favored church reforms along lutheran lines protested decisions of the catholic princes; hence initially meant lutheran but as other groups appeared the term meant all non catholic christian sects |
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| lutheran doctrine of the Eucharist that when the bread and wine are consecrated by the priest at mass they are transfomred into actual body and blood of christ |
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| lutheran doctrine of the eucharist; after consecration the bread and wine undergo a spiritual change become the real presence but not transformed |
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| Eucharistic doctrine espoused by swiss reformer Zwingli whereby the eucharist is a memorial of the last supper but no changes occur in the elements |
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| offices endowed by laypeople in many German towns that required holders to give informed well prepared sermons they helped pave the way for Protestant worship in which the sermon is the main part of the service |
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| widespread uprising of German country people protesting economic and social injustices and justifying the revolt with (misinterpretation of) Luther’s doctrine |
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| Institutes of the Christian Religion |
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| Calvin’s formulation of Christian doctrine which became a systematic theology for Protestantism |
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| Calvin’s teaching that by God’s decree some persons are guided to salvation others to damnation that god has called us not according to our works |
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| general name given to several Protestant groups who believed that only adults could make an informed decision about baptism |
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| official prayer book of the church of England containing the prayers for all services the forms of administration of the sacraments and a manual for the ordination of deacons priests bishops |
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| term applied to English parliamentary laws passed early in Elizabeth’s reign that required conformity to the church of England and uniformity of church worship |
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| members of the society of Jesus founded by Ignatius Loyola and approved by the papacy in 1540 whose goal was the spread of roman catholic faith through humanistic schools and missionary activity the society stressed modern methods in its works |
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| official roman catholic agency founded in 1542 to combat international doctrinal heresy and to promote sounds doctrine on faith and morals |
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