Lutherans anabaptists CathoLiCs Results of Reform Results of Reform RefoRmed ChuRCh of england The Reformers in We must seek anyone who is born of Luther’s protests against Tetzel’s sale Circle of Zwingli’s followers growing Writings of Erasmus and other origins Zwingli’s beginning to preach through Slowly becomes separate from Rome of indulgences in October 1517 more radical, culminating in adult humanists raise consciousness of their Own Words the truth, love it, God hears his word, and the book of Matthew in Zurich in 1519 in the mid-1530s, especially through (re)baptism of George Blaurock by abuses; Fifth Lateran Council (1512– defend it, and the 1534 Act of Supremacy Conrad Grebel in 1525 1517) addresses growing concerns Christ’s sheep hear his hand it down The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; word and follow him. Northern Germany, Scandinavia Switzerland, Austria, Moravia Italy, Spain, Southern Germany, uncorrupted to Where was it strongest? Switzerland, England, Scotland, England (in modern Czech Republic) Austria, France, the Low Countries it has feet, it runs after me; —Martin Bucer (1491–1551) the Netherlands, France (Huguenots), (modern Holland and Belgium) it has hands, it lays hold of me. our posterity. about a dozen German states, — Philipp Melanchthon Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, and — (1483–1546) the Rhineland (1497–1560) of Reform Results Martin Luther, Philipp Melanchthon, Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, Desiderius Erasmus, Gasparo This is the gospel, famous thinkers, writers, Huldrych Zwingli, Henry Bullinger, Thomas Cranmer, William Tyndale, , Hans Denck, Thomas Müntzer, Contarini, Reginald Pole, Ignatius of pastors, and rulers Martin Bucer, Peter Martyr Vermigli, Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley, Lucas Cranach, Martin Chemnitz Balthasar Hubmaier, Loyola, Teresa of Ávila, John of the evangelion (that we call that sins are remitted John Calvin, Theodore Beza, John Jewel, Matthew Parker, True evangelical faith Pilgram Marpeck, Menno Simons Cross, Philip Neri, Edmund Campion, the gospel) is a Greek word Guillaume Farel, John Knox Richard Hooker, William Laud, Francis de Sales, Gian Pietro Carafa is of such a nature in the name of Christ; Elizabeth I, James I (Paul IV), Charles V, Francis I and signifieth good, merry, it cannot lie dormant, and no heart ever glad, and joyful tidings, but spreads itself Luther: 95 Theses (1517), Hutterite Chronicle (1525); Erasmus: Enchidiron (1503); Ignatius of received tidings famous books Zwingli: Commentary on True and False Tyndale: Obedience of a Christian Man To the Christian Nobility (1520), Martyrs’ Mirror (1660) Loyola: Spiritual Exercises (1548); that maketh a man’s heart out in all kinds of Religion (1525); Bucer: Of the Reign of (1528) and Bible translations; The Babylonian Captivity of the Church Teresa of Ávila: Interior Castle (1577); righteousness Christ (1557); Calvin: Institutes (1536); Cranmer: Book of Common Prayer (1549); glad and maketh him sing, more glad. (1520), The Freedom of a Christian John of the Cross: “Dark Night of and fruits of love. Knox: First Blast of the Trumpet Against Jewel: The Apology of the Church of (1520), Small Catechism (1529), the Soul” (1577–1579?) — Huldrych Zwingli the Monstrous Regiment of Women (1558) England (1562); Hooker: Laws of dance, and leap for joy. —Menno Simons (1496–1561) Large Catechism (1529); (1484–1531) Ecclesiastical Polity (1594) Melanchthon: Loci Communes (1521) —William Tyndale (c. 1494–1536) ,

Augsburg Confession (1530) Schleitheim Confession (1527) Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent choo L Institutes (final version 1559) Thirty-Nine Articles (1563)

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and man, is truly, really, and substan- hurch of t tians are commanded by the Word (Schleitheim Confession) gostini begotten Son, viz., a spiritual feast, at “The Supper of the Lord is not only a a of Christ to eat and to drink. And as tially contained under the species of e which Christ testifies that he himself is sign of the love that Christians ought we have said of Baptism that it is not “By thus eating the bread and drink- those sensible things . . . Our Redeemer living bread, on which our souls feed, to have among themselves one to ark / d simple water, so here also we say ing the drink in memory of the instituted this so admirable a sacrament for a true and blessed immortality. . . . another; but . . . a Sacrament of our en M d the Sacrament is bread and wine, suffering and shed blood of our Lord at the , when, after the bless- Christian tarpiece of the c As God, regenerating us in baptism Redemption by Christ’s death: but not mere bread and wine, such Jesus Christ . . . [we] have had fellow- ing of the bread and wine, he testified, Explore your faith heritage Christian history Issue 118Christian . . . makes us his by adoption, so we insomuch that to such as rightly, as are ordinarily served at the table, in express and clear words, that he gave the a L ship one with another, and have all Issue 120 history Issue 115 history have said that he performs the office worthily, and with faith, receive the one story at a time with openhagen, c but bread and wine comprehended become one loaf and one body . . . we them his own very Body, and his own fro M of a provident parent, in continually same, the Bread which we break is a Calvin, Councils, in, and connected with, the Word should properly become conformed Blood.” (Council of Trent, 13th Session, Christian History magazine and Confessions supplying the food by which he may partaking of the Body of Christ; and The People’s How the Church Reformation became the churches of God.” (Luther, Large Catechism) to our Head and as his members fol- 1st Decree) How religious upheaval sustain and preserve us in the life likewise the Cup of Blessing is a birthed social revolution ISBN 978-1563648816 low after him.” (Hubmaier, 9 0 0 0 0 to which he has begotten us by partaking of the Blood of Christ.” A Form for Christ’s Supper) © Copyright Christian History magazine #120, the ationa LM useet, his word.” (Institutes, IV.xvii.i) (From Article 28 of the 39 Articles) third in a four-part series on the Reformation. Luther leads the way CH celebrates the Second in a four-part series Additional copies and subscriptions are available 500th anniversary of on the Reformation the Reformation Third in a four-part series at www.christianhistorymagazine.org. First in a four part series on the Reformation Includes keepsake9 781563 648816 15 million 15,000 35 million fold-out timeline estimated number of followers in 1600 10 million 5 million Martin Luther preaching, detai L (16th century) / n

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