The Western Reformations

• Martin Luther (1483-1546)

–31 Oct 1517: 95 Theses

–Wittenberg Cathedral

–Faith vs. Works

–“Sola Scriptura”

The Swiss Reformation

• Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531)– Zurich

• The “Radical” Reformation– Anabaptists – “Rebaptizers”

– Conrad Grebel (1497-1526)

– Mennonites, Amish, Baptists

John Calvin(1509-64)

• Geneva

• Institutes of Xn Religion

• Predestination

• Reformed & Presbyterians

• Congregationalists (UCC)• Baptists & Methodists

The English Reformation

• Henry VIII

• Act of Supremacy-1534

• Book of Common Prayer

• Episcopalian

• Presbyterians, Methodists, Baptists, Quakers, Congregationalists

The Catholic Reformation

• “Counter-Reformation”

• The Council of Trent (1545-63) 1. Eliminate Corruption

2. Respond to Protestantism

The Western Reformations

Later Protestant Groups

• Baptists: Roger Williams (1603-83)

• Quakers—Society of Friends

• George Fox (1624-91)

• Methodists— John Wesley (1703-91)