Church History, Part Five – Part 5

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Part 5: The Reformation in Germany and Switzerland
John Wycliffe in England 1320-1384
John Hus in Bohemia
The Pope and the Sale of Indulgences
To pay for the expense of building St. Peter’s basilica in Vatican City, Pope Leo X had authorized the sale of indulgences
Europe in 1500 The Holy Roman Empire
John Tetzel preached the sale of indulgences
“As soon as your coin clinks in the chest, the souls of your friends will rise out of purgatory to heaven.”
Martin Luther 1483-1546
Augustinian Monastery in Erfurt
John Tetzel preached the sale of indulgences
“As soon as your coin clinks in the chest, the souls of your friends will rise out of purgatory to heaven.”
Luther posts his 95 theses against indulgences
Luther is warned and later excommunicated
The Church issued a bull of excommunication condemning Martin Luther and ordering the burning of his books
Luther responded by publicly burning the papal bull
Luther ordered to appear before the Diet
Luther asked two questions
Luther’s greatest words
Luther protected in Wartburg Castle
Here Martin Luther produced his German translation of the New Testament
Martin Luther’s later years to his death in 1546
Luther married and enjoyed his later years with his family and continued his preaching and writing
The Reformation in Switzerland
Ulrich Zwingli in Zurich
January 29, 1523 Zwingli in presence of more than 600 presented reformatory doctines in sixty articles so effectively the council at Zurich charged all preachers to preach the pure gospel in the same manner
The Reformation in Switzerland
Ulrich Zwingli in Zurich
Taught against use of images in churches
The mass is no sacrifice and has many abuses
Allowed nuns to leave convents and be married
Baptismal service
Opposed to organ and instruments in music of church
The Reformation in Switzerland
Ulrich Zwingli in Zurich
While Luther favored the retention of everything in the practice of the church not forbidden by the Scriptures, Zwingli contended that nothing should be practiced that was not expressly commanded by the scriptures.
The Reformation in Switzerland
Ulrich Zwingli in Zurich
“The Swiss Reformation here presents under an aspect somewhat different from that of the German Reformation. Luther had risen up against the excesses of those who had broken the images
John Calvin in Geneva
Calvin preached in Geneva from 1536-1564
Developed the Doctrines of Predestination and established a state church in Switzerland
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Part 4: The Reformation in Germany and Switzerland




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Part One: Establishment and Spread of the Church in the First Century
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Part Two: The Beginning of Apostasy
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Part 3: Development of the Papacy and Roman Catholicism
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Part 4: The Middle Ages to Early Efforts for Reform