| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Ulrich Zwingli | Led the Swiss/Zwingli Reformation, belived in the supremacy of the Bible and that batism and holy communion were symbolic rather than true sacraments |
| John Calvin | (Calvinism) wrote the Institues of the Christian Religion (1536). He belived the Bible was the only source of Christian doctrine. He also belived(predestination) that God had already picked those who were to be saved(elect) and those who were to be damned(reprobate) Lack of worldly pleasures |
| John Knox | Disciple of Calvin who brought Cavanism to Scotland (Presbyterianism) "the most perfect school of Christ on earth" |
| Martin Luther | (Lutherism) Catholic monk, created 95 Theses, "justification by faith" |
| Henry VIII | ("defender of faith") English king who established Anglicanism (Based off of Catholicism) |
| Catherine of Aragon | King Henry VIII first wife, mother of later Queen Mary but unable to produce a male heir |
| Pope Clement VII | Denied Henry VIII request for the innulment of his marrage to Catherine |
| Cardinal Thomas Wolsey | Lord Chancellor of Henry VIII |
| Thomas More | Replaced Thomas Wolsey, beheaded for failure to reconize Henry VIII as the head of the English church |
| Act of Supremancy | Passed by Parilment, declared the king, not the pope, the head of the English church |
| Edward VI | 9 year old king that suceeded Henry VIII. During his rein England became more Protestant and Calvinist (42 Articles) |
| Thomas Cramer | English Archbishop, wrote Book of Common Prayer of 1549 during Edward's rein |
| Queen Mary | (Bloody Mary)(Married to Philip II) attempted to restore England to Roman Catholicism burned hundreds at the stake, including Thomas Cramer |
| Queen Elizabeth I | (Politique) (Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn) got parliment to pass the 39 articles, a compromise between protestant and Catholic Churches where seven sacraments where used but two were the most important (Baptism and Eucharist) |
| Puritans | Wanted to replace "purify" the Anglican Church "build a city upon a hill" |
| Separatist | Wanted to leave the Anglican Church completly (pilgrims in the new world) |
| Anabaptist | Radical Protestant refomers who rejected infant baptism, taking oaths, and bearing arms. Separation of Church and State and all church members are equals |
| Treason Act | Act passed by parliment, anyone who denied the king as head of the Church was to be punished with death |
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