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EvangelicalChurchChanges

1.JustificationbyFaiththroughGrace

2.TwoSacraments(orOrdinances),BaptismandTheLord’sSupper,versus7intheRomanChurch

3.PriestsdidnothavetheauthorityandmiraculouspowertochangetheBreadandWineintoChrist’sBodyandBlood(Transubstantiation)attheLord’sSupper.Transubstantiationwasrejected.

4.BreadandWinewerebothdistributedtoallparticipantsintheLord’sSupper.

5.TheBibleisthefinalauthorityforallChristianDoctrine.Scriptureinterpretsitself,notmenorCouncils.

6.InfallibilityofthePope.LutherdeclaredthePopeandCouncilsoftheChurchwerenotinfallible.OnlytheBiblewasinfallible.

7.TheBiblecontainstheoriginal66bookswhichwereinspiredbytheHolySpirit.TheApocrypha(13books)arenotconsideredinspiredandthereforenotincludedintheBible.

8.ChristisHeadofTheChurch,notclergyorotherpeople.Allbelieversareconsidered“priests”andareresponsibletoteachothersabouttheChristianFaith.

9.AllBelieversinChristarechosenforsalvationbyGod.

10. Bibleswereprintedinthecommonlanguageofallcountriessothatthepeoplecouldreadscriptureforthemselves.WorshipServices,includingpreaching,werealsodoneinthecommonlanguages.Translationsfromoriginalmanuscriptsarepreferred.

11. CongregationSingingbecamecommonratherthanachorusofmonksandyoungmen.CompositionofChristianHymnsexploded,especiallyinGermanyandEngland.

12. DoctrineofPurgatoryeliminated.BelieversenterthepresenceoftheLordimmediatelyuponphysicaldeath.

BooksoftheApocrypha

1. TheWisdomofSolomon 30B.C.

2. Ecclesiasticus 132B.C.

3. Tobit 200B.C.

4. Judith 150B.C.

5. 1Esdras 150– 100B.C.

6. 1Maccabees 110B.C.

7. 2Maccabees 110– 70B.C.

8. Baruch 150– 50B.C.

9. LetterofJeremiah 300– 100B.C.

10. 2Esdras 100A.D.

11. AdditionstoEsther 140– 130B.C.

12. PrayerofAzariah 200– 100B.C.

13. Susanna 200– 100B.C.

14. PrayerofManasseh 200– 100B.C.

15. Daniel,Bel,andtheSnake 100B.C.

TheEvangelicalSola’s

1. SolaDeo GodAlone

2. SolaChristus ChristAlone

3. SolaGracia GraceAlone

4. SolaFide FaithAlone

5. SolaScriptura ScriptureAlone

TheCouncilofTrent

1.Begunin1522byPopeAdrianVI.ContinuedbyPopePaulIIIin1535–1549.

2.ThisCouncilwasbegunasanefforttoaddressconcernsraisedbytheEvangelicalChurches.

3.TheyattemptedtocorrectsomeoftheabusesoftheRomanCatholicChurch.However,theydidnotagreetochangeanyoftheTheologicalerrors.Infact,theydoubleddownonallTheologicalpositionswhichsetinplaceafirmseparationfromtheEvangelicalReformationmovement.

4.TheprimaryresultsoftheCouncilofTrentwere:

a.NochangesweremadeintheologyorofficialpracticesoftheRomanChurch.b.TheInquisitionwasformulatedtotry,condemnandkillthousandsof

Evangelicalswhodidnotrepent.ThiswasespeciallyegregiousintheNetherlandsandGermany.

c.RomanCatholicswereforbiddentoreadanextensivelistofEvangelicalBooksandpublicationswithathreatofdamnation.

d.TheSocietyofJesus(Jesuits)wasformedasanaggressivearmoftheRomanChurchtoimplementtheconclusionsoftheCouncilofTrent.IgnatiusLoyolabecametheleaderoftheJesuits.JesuitsbeganamovementtoopenschoolsandUniversitieswherevertheywent.TherearemanyprominentJesuitUniversitiesintheU.S.today.

ReformationSpreadinNorthernEurope

PhysicalStructureofTheChurch

1.Priorto1500A.D.,ThePhysicalChurchStructuredevelopedintoacentralized,authoritariansystem.

2.TheEvangelicalReformationshatteredthatconstructandremoved“man”fromthecentralleadershipposition.

3.Fromthattimeuntiltoday,thephysicalChristianChurchonearthisdecentralized.Infact,thereisenormouscontinuingpressureonremainingcentralizedelementstoday,suchasdenominations,andtoreturnauthorityandcontroltolocalcongregations.MostChurchgrowthisoccurringinlocallycontrolledChurchesthatrecognizeonlyChristastheirhead.