Church History
Theology / OLM / 2011
THREE SCHISMS
CORRECTION
1. WHO’S WHO?
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3.
Urban VI
Martin V
John Wycliffe
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5.
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Jan Huss
Duke Frederick
Friar Tetzel
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8.
9.
Leo X
Melanchton
Zwingli
10. Calvin
11. Martin Luther
12. Clement VII
13. Henry VIII
14. Thomas More
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 The 2nd major Protestant reformer & an exiled French lawyer.
 The writer of The Institutes of Christian Religion that codified
Luther’s teachings using the Justinian pattern.
 He denied human freedom & sacramental grace.
 Advocate of Sola Scriptura & predestination.
 The tyrannical theocrat of Geneva who enforced an extreme
behavioral code & harsh punishments.
 He inspired John Knox to create the Presbyterian Church.
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 He was asked by Henry VII to pronounce the annulment of
his marriage w/ Catherine of Aragon.
 His refusal for this annulment started the Anglican schism.
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 He competed w/ Tetzel over German faithful money.
 He was the secular protector & supporter of Luther in
Germany against the emperor Charles V.
 He was the key actor in the spread of Luther’s doctrines &
of the creation of German Protestant fiefs.
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 A Czech nationalist, disciple of Wycliffe.
 He advocated private religious judgment, free
interpretation of the Bible, & justification through faith alone.
 He was against Magisterium, Tradition, purgatory, &
Transubstantiation.
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 The Renaissance pope who ordered the construction of the
actual St. Peter’s Basilica.
 He covered the Basilica expanses by allowing the selling of
indulgences throughout Europe.
 He condemned Luther’s teaching through a bull that Luther
burned in public.
 A Swiss enforcer of Luther’s principles.
 The most liberal & extreme of all Protestant reformers.
 Radical advocate of Sola Fides & Sola Scriptura (Strict literal
interpretation of the Bible).
 The prime minister of England under Henry VIII’s reign.
 Fervent Catholic, he refused to take Henry’s Oath of
Supremacy.
 B/c of Cromwell’s (the new chancellor) use of perjured
testimony, he was beheaded 2 month after John Fisher.
 He was canonized in 1935.
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 A Dominican monk sent to sell indulgences to the faithful
by the bishop of Brandenburg.
 The primer target of Luther’s 95 Theses.
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 King of England &, at 1st, Protector of the Catholic Faith.
 He married the princess of Spain instead of his dead brother.
 W/o a heir, & out of love, he wanted to marry Anne Boleyn.
 B/c Clement VII refused the annulment of his marriage, he
proclaimed the Act of Supremacy, making of him the pope of
England. He confiscated all Church properties.
 He required an oath of allegiance to his Act from all his
subjects that More & Fisher refused to take. He killed them.
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 Elected by the Council of Constance.
 His election ended the 40 years long Western schism b/c
the abdication of the three antipopes in his favor.
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 An English thinker from Oxford who inspired Luther.
 He rejected the Magisterium, the need for clergy &
Sacraments, & the value of virtuous works for salvation.
 He advocated strict predestination & the universal priesthood
of all the faithful.
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 The 1st Italian pope to be elected in Rome after the
Avignon papacy under the pressure of the Romans.
 He was an aggressive reformer & an instable mind.
 Upset French cardinals chose to elect a new more reliable
pope, Clement VII, who became the 1st antipope.
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 A German Augustinian monk who wrote the 95 thesis against
Tetzel & the selling of indulgences.
 A soul disturbed by scrupulosity & the idea of death.
 He hated Roman opulence & superstitious practices.
 Disciple of Wycliffe & Huss.
 Advocate of sola gracia, fides & Scriptura.
 Promoter of caesaropapism & marriage of the clergy.
 Translator of the Bible into German.
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 An active follower of Luther.
 The writer of the Confession of Augsburg, & a major actor
of the Peace of Augsburg that legalized Protestant fiefs.
 The 1st Protestant scholar & theologian.
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2. WHAT’S WHEN?
The Western Schism:
The Protestant Reform:
N
1377
U
1378
1374-84
1508
The Anglican Schism:
H
1379
F
1517
1410
C
1530
B
1414-1429
1408
1533
T
1520
L
1535
Q
1535
1521
1536
1538
J
1541
K
1555
1560’s
1547
N. Gregory XI returned to Rome under the counsel of Catherine of Sienna & Brigit of Sweden.
U. French cardinals changed their mind & elected another pope, Clement VII, the 1st antipope.
H. Clement VII moved to Avignon w/ the temporary support of France.
G. The council of Pisa deposed pope & antipope & elected the 2nd antipope, Alexander V.
B. The council of Constance solved the triple schism: Martin V was elected. Later the 3 “popes” abdicated in his favor.
D. John Wycliffe & his Lollards spread in England pre-Protestant doctrines.
O. John Huss is excommunicated for preaching Wycliffe’s anti-Catholic doctrine. Riots broke down in Prague in his support.
F. Luther nailed his 95 Theses on a cathedral door, attacking the sale of indulgences.
T. Ulrich Zwingli adopted Luther’s doctrines & started to enforce them in parts of Switzerland.
I. After the burning of the pope’s condemnation of his doctrines, Luther is excommunicated by Leo X.
Q. At the Diet of Worms, Protestantism was defeated & condemned by Charles V. Frederick of Saxony became Luther’s ally.
J. John Calvin instituted a tyrannical theocratic regime in Geneva based on his Institutes of Christian Religion.
K. The Peace of Augsburg granted “protestant” German princes the right to create non-Catholic states.
M. John Knox founded the Calvinist Presbyterian Church of Scotland.
R. Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon.
C. Henry VIII is denied by Clement VII the annulment of his marriage.
A. Henry VIII married Anne Boleyn.
L. Henry VIII enforced the Oath of Supremacy. More, Fisher & other Catholics refused & were executed.
S. All Church properties were confiscated & given to English nobles.
P. Henry VIII is excommunicated a 2nd time by Pope Paul III.
E. Edward VI reigned in England & started to implement Calvinism in his kingdom.