Church History 2, Study Guide 5

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Why were Puritans called Puritans?

What king did the forces of Parliament execute?

Who was William Laud?

Who led the forces of Parliament against the King and later took the title “Lord Protector?”

What important confession of faith was produced during this period?

Who was the most famous Puritan pastor of this period?

Who had the motto, “In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity?”

What was the difference between Puritans and Separatists?

What is the significance of John Smyth, Thomas Helwys, and John Murton?

What were Independents?

From which group did the Particular Baptists emerge?

How were Particular Baptists different from General Baptists?

What practice did the Particular Baptists adopt that spread to all English Baptists?

With which group would the Mayflower Pilgrims be best identified?

Know about John Glas and Robert Sandeman and what we say about them.

Know about Robert Carmichael and Archibald Mclean and what we say about them. What group began as a result of their efforts and what did this group later come to call itself?

Know about Robert and James Haldane and what we say about them.

What was Pietism?

Who was Philip Jacob Spener and why is he significant?

What was his view of doctrinal differences?

Why was Halle significant?

Who was Hans Egede?

Who was Nicolaus von Zinzendorf and why was he significant?

Who were the Moravian Brethren?

What was Herrnhut?

What set the Moravians apart from other Protestant groups?

What were the 2 strong convictions of the Moravians?

Who were Christian David, Leonhard Dober, and David Nitschmann?

What 18th century religious movement swept the United States and what was the role of Jonathan Edwards?

Know about John and Charles Wesley and the movement they began. How did the brothers differ?

What was the Holy Club?

What religious group had a profound influence on the Wesleys?

Who was George Whitefield and what was his significance?

What did the Wesleys emphasize in their teaching?

Who said, “The world is my parish”?

What religious group emerged from the work of the Wesleys?

Over what did John Wesley and George Whitefield part company?

Which American Methodist led a movement called Republican Methodists and what did they later begin calling themselves?

Which two Baptists rejected Baptist Calvinism and began establishing “Christian churches.”

Who were involved in the “Christian Connection”?

Know what we say about Barton W. Stone, Thomas Campbell, Alexander Campbell, and Walter Scott.

Know important documents related to these men.

What two “pillars” was their movement founded on?

What was the “Great Century” of Protestant missionary activity?

Be able to distinguish between William Carey, Adoniram and Ann Judson, and Hudson Taylor.

 

 

Chadwick

 

According to Chadwick, what was the hinge of Calvinist morality?

What group encouraged the keeping of journals as a religious exercise?

What group was Squire Bruen an example of?

Among which groups was the idea of a covenant fundamental?

Who was it that expressed in 1620 that light was yet to be found in faithfulness to the Bible?

How did the first English Baptists practice Baptism?

Which group of Baptists were the first to formally adopt the rite of immersion?

What was the earliest settlement intended to be a refuge from religious persecution?

Who was Richard Hooker?

What was the Calvinist position regarding what could be done in church?

Who defended the Elizabethan reform against the Calvinists, contending for the place of reason in religion?

What was the Scottish National Covenant?

According to Chadwick, what kind of war was the English Civil War?

What confession was drawn up by the Westminster Assembly?

Of what religious group did this confession become the standard of doctrine?

According to Chadwick, what religious impact did the execution of Charles ultimately have?

What group or ideal secured toleration for the first time in any large state as a result of the English Civil War?

What was the Society of Friends?

Who was George Fox and with the beginning of what group is he associated?

 

North

 

What set off the English Civil War?

Who succeeded Cromwell on the Protectoral Throne?

How was Charles II inclined religiously?

What was the “Glorious” or “Bloodless” Revolution?

What were Spener’s six proposals?

What were the “collegia pietatis”?

Who followed Spener as leader of the Pietists?

What were Gallicanism, Jansenism, and probalism?

Who is considered the founder of Deism, and what is Deism?

Who wrote Reasonableness of Christianity?

According to North, what was Charles Wesley’s greatest contribution?

According to North, what was the greatest creation left behind by John Wesley?

Who led in the fight against the abolition of slavery in the British Empire?

Who were Kant, Rousseau, and Voltaire?

What was the significance of the 1781 Edict of Toleration?

What was the first American Colony to pass an Act Concerning Toleration?

How did the First Amendment affect the religious make-up of the United States?

By the late 18th century, about what percent of the U.S. population belonged to churches?

What happened at Cane Ridge, Kentucky in August 1801?

What was the 2nd Great Awakening?

By the mid-19th century, what was the largest Protestant denomination in America?

By the mid-19th century where did the Restoration Movement rank among religious groups in America?

Who was Joseph Smith?

Who were the Unitarians and Universalists?