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The Religious Reformation in Europe c.1500-1564

From Leipzig to Worms: Luther's break with Rome

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Doctrine of the priesthood of all believers, argument of On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church and exsurge Domine.

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Why did Luther still have to be summoned before the Diet of Worms in 1521?

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Who was Johann Eck?

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  1. 1

    What happened when Luther met Cardinal Cajetan at Augsburg in 1518?

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    Cajetan demanded that he simply retract, Luther refused and asked to be shown his error from scripture, and he left the city secretly for fear of arrest.

  2. 2

    Who was Johann Eck?

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    A theologian of Ingolstadt and Luther's ablest Catholic opponent, who debated him at Leipzig and later helped draft the bull condemning him.

  3. 3

    What did Luther concede at the Leipzig Disputation of 1519?

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    That popes and general councils had erred, and that some of the beliefs for which Hus had been burned were in fact Christian and true.

  4. 4

    Name the three great tracts Luther published in 1520.

    Model answer

    To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, and On the Freedom of a Christian.

  5. 5

    What did Luther urge in To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation?

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    That the German princes should reform the Church themselves, since the papacy had walled itself in behind claims that only it could interpret scripture or call a council.

  6. 6

    Explain the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers.

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    That every baptised Christian is a priest before God, so the clergy differ from the laity in function only and have no separate spiritual status.

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