Lutheranism+and+Calvinism

Hannah Lian

Compare and contrast Lutheranism and Calvinism.

Calvinists and Lutherans share many Protestant beliefs.
 * Doctrine of justification by faith alone
 * Church had no power to discipline its members
 * Based on the teachings of the Bible
 * Believed everyone should be able to read the Bible themselves
 * Against the selling of indulgences
 * Only sacraments of baptism and communion

Lutheranism doctrine was based on the Bible and Martins Luther’s attempt to correct the corruption he saw Christian clergy and traditions.
 * Martin Luther
 * Originally sough to improve Christianity not to break off
 * //95 Thesis//
 * Established in Wittenberg
 * Used music as means of teaching the Gospel
 * Called clergy to marry
 * //On the Freedom of a Christian Man//

Established a generation after Lutheranism, Calvinism sough to preach a unique doctrine of predestination rather than correct the corruption of Christianity.
 * John Calvin:
 * Never intended to be unified with Christianity
 * Absolute sovereignty of God
 * “Power, grace, and glory of God”
 * Predestination
 * “Eternal decree”
 * Jesus not in the sacrament
 * Established in Geneva

http://www.covenanter.org/Luther/luther.jpg

http://www.wabashunion.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/john-calvin.jpg