Martin Luther 1483-1546
Germany – monk, priest, reformer, author & professor of theology
Rejected five of the seven sacraments – sale of indulgences, confession, pilgrimages, prayers to Saints and the Catholic Mass.
Salvation achieved through faith not good works.
Transubstantiation – real body and blood of Christ.
Denied Papal authority.
Importance of the Scriptures.
Bible should be in the vernacular.
For clerical marriage.
Works:- * Ninety-Five Theses (1517) * Appeal to the German Nobility (1520) * Babylonian Captivity of the Church (1520) * Freedom of a Christian (1520) * On Secular Authority (1523) * Bondage of the Will (1525) * Small and Large Catechisms (1529)
John Calvin 1509-1564
France – humanist lawyer, theologian, reformer, author & pastor
Rejected five of the seven sacraments – sale of indulgences, confession, pilgrimages, prayers to Saints and the Catholic Mass.
Salvation achieved through faith not good works.
Transubstantiation – body and blood of Christ merely symbolic.
Denied Papal authority.
Importance of the Scriptures.
Separation of Church and State.
Works:- * The Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536) * Commentaries on books of the Bible (1551-1564) * Psychopannychia (1534) * The Texts of Seneca’s De Clementia, with Commentary (1532)
Huldrich Zwingli 1484-1531
Switzerland – humanist, pastor, chaplain & politician
Rejected five of the seven sacraments – sale of indulgences, confession, pilgrimages, prayers to Saints and the Catholic Mass.
Transubstantiation – body and blood of Christ merely symbolic.
Denied Papal authority.
Importance of the Scriptures.
For clerical marriage.
Against fasting during Lent.
Works:- * A Friendly Exegesis (1527) * Commentary on True and False Religion (1525) * Explanation of the Christian Faith (1531) * Interpretation and Justification of the Theses or Articles (1523) * An Exposition of the Faith (1530) * Clarity and Certainty of the Word of God (1522)
John Knox 1513-1572
Scotland – preacher, pastor, reformer & author
Rejected five of the seven sacraments – sale of indulgences, confession, pilgrimages, prayers to Saints and the Catholic Mass.
Salvation achieved through faith not good works.
Transubstantiation – body and blood of Christ merely symbolic.
Denied Papal authority.
Works:- * The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women (1559) * The History of the Reformation in Scotland (1587) * Scots Confession (1560) * On Predestination in Answer to the Cavillations by an Anabaptist (1560) * A Vindication of the Doctrine that the Sacrifice of the Mass is Idolatry (1550)
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Rejected five of the seven sacraments – sale of indulgences, confession, pilgrimages, prayers to Saints and the Catholic Mass. If you are saying that those listed are sacraments, I thought I’d let you know that the seven sacraments are baptism, confirmation, Eucharist, penance (confession is part of that), anointing of the sick, holy orders and matrimony.
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