The Reformers

 

 

John Wycliffe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  John Wycliffe  (c. 1330-1384)
  • Though he lived two hundred years before the Reformation, his beliefs and teachings closely match those of Luther, Calvin and other Reformers
  • Disagreed with transubstantiation
  • Translated the Bible into English
  • The Church expelled Wycliffe from his teaching position at Oxford.  
  • 44 years after he died, the Pope ordered his bones exhumed and burned. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Huss (c. 1369-1414)

  • Selling of indulgences

  • Burned at the stake in 1414

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Martin Luther (c. 1483-1546)

  • 95 Thesis: Selling of indulgences, celibacy, monasticism, etc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


John Calvin (1509-1564)

  • Sovereignty of God

  • Double predestination

  • Denigration of man

  • Elect

  • Visible and invisible church

  • Two Sacraments - Baptism and the Lord's Supper 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jacob Arminius (1560-1609)

  • All who believe in Christ can be saved.
  • Atonement is universal, making it possible for all to be saved.
  • Man cannot be saved without the grace of God.
  • God's grace is not irresistible.