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Page 1: Centralized, Authoritarian Church Shatters€¦ · Sola Gracia Grace Alone 4. Sola Fide Faith Alone 5. Sola Scriptura Scripture Alone. The Council of Trent 1. Begun in 1522 by Pope

Centralized,AuthoritarianChurchShatters

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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.

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6.InfallibilityofthePope.LutherdeclaredthePopeandCouncilsoftheChurchwerenotinfallible.OnlytheBiblewasinfallible.

7.TheBiblecontainstheoriginal66bookswhichwereinspiredbytheHolySpirit.TheApocrypha(13books)arenotconsideredinspiredandthereforenotincludedintheBible.

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

9.AllBelieversinChristarechosenforsalvationbyGod.

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

11. CongregationSingingbecamecommonratherthanachorusofmonksandyoungmen.CompositionofChristianHymnsexploded,especiallyinGermanyandEngland.

12. DoctrineofPurgatoryeliminated.BelieversenterthepresenceoftheLordimmediatelyuponphysicaldeath.

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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.

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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.

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TheEvangelicalSola’s

1. SolaDeo GodAlone

2. SolaChristus ChristAlone

3. SolaGracia GraceAlone

4. SolaFide FaithAlone

5. SolaScriptura ScriptureAlone

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TheCouncilofTrent

1.Begunin1522byPopeAdrianVI.ContinuedbyPopePaulIIIin1535–1549.

2.ThisCouncilwasbegunasanefforttoaddressconcernsraisedbytheEvangelicalChurches.

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

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4.TheprimaryresultsoftheCouncilofTrentwere:

a.NochangesweremadeintheologyorofficialpracticesoftheRomanChurch.b.TheInquisitionwasformulatedtotry,condemnandkillthousandsof

Evangelicalswhodidnotrepent.ThiswasespeciallyegregiousintheNetherlandsandGermany.

c.RomanCatholicswereforbiddentoreadanextensivelistofEvangelicalBooksandpublicationswithathreatofdamnation.

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

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ReformationSpreadinNorthernEurope

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PhysicalStructureofTheChurch

1.Priorto1500A.D.,ThePhysicalChurchStructuredevelopedintoacentralized,authoritariansystem.

2.TheEvangelicalReformationshatteredthatconstructandremoved“man”fromthecentralleadershipposition.

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