The 500 th Anniversary of the Reformation Session 3 Reform Beyond Luther Radicals Catholics Dr Ed Roslof St Albans Episcopal Church Washington DC Recap of Luthers Evangelical Christianity ID: 765767
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The 500th Anniversary of the ReformationSession 3: Reform Beyond Luther Radicals Catholics Dr. Ed Roslof St. Alban’s Episcopal Church Washington, DC
Recap of Luther’s Evangelical Christianity: Simple, Personal Sola fide Catholics: both faith and good deeds needed for salvation.Luther on reading Romans 1:17 (“The righteous shall live by faith.”): “I felt as if I had been born again and had entered Paradise through wide-open gates.” Sola Scriptura Catholics: God reveals will to humans through Bible, councils, papal pronouncements. Luther: only the Bible is divinely inspired. Priesthood of all believersCatholics: priests have special spiritual powers from Apostles, in sacramentsLuther: all Christians have direct access to God through prayer. “Priests” are men called to care for spiritual needs of parishioners full time Papal usurpation. Catholics: Pope is Vicar of Christ on earth. Luther: Popes had illegally seized position as head of Christianity. They were not even good priests. They were the Antichrist. 5. Sacraments Catholics: b aptism, confirmation, Eucharist, marriage, ordination, penance, unction Luther: Eucharist and baptism
Martin Luther John Calvin Ulrich ZwingliLeaders of the Magisterial Reformation
The Radical ReformationVideo introduction (thanks to Emo Phillips): “We should all learn to love each other. Once I was in San Francisco, walking along the Golden Gate Bridge. And I saw this guy on the bridge about to jump. I thought I’d try to stall him, detain him. I said, ‘Don’t jump!’ He said, ‘Nobody loves me.’ I said, ‘God loves you. Do you believe in God?’...Go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANNX_XiuA78
Radical Reformation: AnabaptistsAnabaptist theology:Church as a voluntary association of believers (community of saints)Believer’s (re-)baptism [Felix Manz, Zurich, 1525]Return to apostolic practices and beliefs, including communal living and millenarianismRejection of secular authority over churchTheocracy in Munster, 1534-1535Ongoing persecution, turn to pacifism
Catholic ResponseCouncil of Trent (1545-53)Called by Paul IIIHeld in northern Italy3 sessions, 5 popesNo compromise with ProtestantismReformed Catholic doctrine and practiceTridentine MassSociety of JesusIgnatius of Loyola (1491-1556), Spiritual ExercisesFirst followers included Francis XavierJesuit order founded 1539, ad maiorem Dei gloriamReformed Catholicism from within“shock troops of the Counter Reformation”
Death of Luther, 1546Luther’s Death Mask, Market Church in Halle
Catholic ResponseCouncil of Trent (1545-53)Called by Paul IIIHeld in northern Italy3 sessions, 5 popesNo compromise with ProtestantismReformed Catholic doctrine and practiceTridentine MassSociety of JesusIgnatius of Loyola (1491-1556), Spiritual ExercisesFirst followers included Francis XavierJesuit order founded 1539, ad maiorem Dei gloriamReformed Catholicism from within“shock troops of the Counter Reformation”
Final Session: November 26“Why does St. Alban’s exist?”The English ReformationDistinctive features of AnglicanismOrigins of the Episcopal Church