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The Reformation: 1500–1600
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The Reformation: 1500–1600
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1. The immediate cause for the Reformation is found in the activity of Martin Luther during the years
2. Calvinism became an influential force in which of the following countries?
3. What effect did the Thirty Years’ War have on the German-speaking population between 1618 and 1650?
4. The most important change instituted by the English Reformation was the
5. “Christians should be taught that, if the Pope knew the exactions of the preachers of Indulgences, he would rather have the basilica of St. Peter’s reduced to ashes than built with the skin, flesh and bones of his sheep.” This passage was contained in which of the following?
6. "What was the Catholic Church’s position on indulgences after the Council of Trent?"
7. The most important change instituted by the English Reformation was the
8. The main result of the Edict of Nantes (1598) was that
9. What was the immediate “spark” that caused Luther to condemn Catholic practices?
10. The main result of the Edict of Nantes (1598) was that
11. According to John Calvin, certain people were “predestined” to go to heaven. What did he mean by this?
12. The immediate cause for the Reformation is found in the activity of Martin Luther during the years
13. The saying “Erasmus laid the egg that Luther hatched” refers to
14. All of the following threatened the power of the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century EXCEPT
15. As a result of the Peace of Augsburg, the Holy Roman Emperor agreed that German princes should
16. Besides religious doctrinal disputes, the major issue behind the wars in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries was
17. What was Elizabeth I’s contribution to the religion controversy in England during her rule?
18. What was the immediate “spark” that caused Luther to condemn Catholic practices?
19. Among Luther’s most important beliefs were all of the following EXCEPT
20. “That no Christian is bound to do those things which God had not decreed, therefore one may eat at all times all food, wherefrom one learns that the decree about. . . fasting is a Roman swindle.” This passage refers to
21. Besides religious issues, the other major cause of the Protestant Reformation and the religious wars that followed was
22. The Peace of Augsburg represented the end of Charles V’s hopes to
23. The center of European Calvinism in the 16th century became
24. Among Luther’s most important beliefs were all of the following EXCEPT
25. Why did France support the Protestant rebels fighting against the Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire?