humanities midterm
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 italian renaissance | rebirth after the black plague |
| justification | we are unworthy of heaven, jesus justifies us |
| typology | interpreting old testament events as signs of interpreting new testament events |
| iconoclasm | took away all images and paintings of God |
| neo-platonism | idealism (theres an ideal form out there and we are all trying to imitate it) the One, the Intelligible, the World Soul; art was divinely inspired |
| plain style | speeches that are not distracting to their listeners |
| teleology | moving in sigle direction towards end point |
| simony | the sale of church positions to the highest bidder, not necessarily to the most qualified person |
| humanism | a new appreciation for the human person and human pursuits, both in ideal and non-ideal dimensions |
| michael servetus | a spaniard who was among the chief thinkers for the anti-trinitarians. he was executed in 1533 in geneva for "blasphemies against the holy trinity" this thinker was among the strongest opponents of calvanism, especially its belief in original sin and predestination and has a deserved reputation of defending religious tolerance |
| anne boleyn | henry VIII's second wife and the mother of elizabeth. she was executed after failing to produce a male heir and was accused of adultery |
| bay psalm book | simple/clear translation set in meter in familiar hymn tunes; useful, faithful to scripture, inexpensive, and easy to memorize |
| jonathon edwards | delivered the sermon "sinners in the hands of angry gods"; god is only thing stopping us from being in the hands of the devil; meant to awaken and force conversions |
| mary, queen of scots | married to king of france, had claim to english throne; kicked out of scottland after husband died because scottland is calvanist and she is catholic; was plotting ot steal throne and was executed by elizabeth |
| pieta | for pope, mary is ageless, christ is beautiful suggesting his victory; only work michelangelo signed |
| elizabethan settlement | elizabeths attempt on conformity; allowed to worship protestantism and catholicism privately |
| last judgement | a fresco painting in the sistine chapel of the events described in matthew; stressing importance second coming of christ and final eternal judgement by God |
| clement VII | would not annul the marriage between henry VIII and catherine and therefore led to England breaking off from the roman catholic church |
| lorenzo de medici | a leader of florence, he used his power and wealth to become a great patron of the arts and helping the growth of the renaissance in italy; michelangelo lived with medici for 15 years with his family |
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