Protestant+Reformation+JB

Jasmine Baboldashtian

Protestant Reformation

Compare and contrast the attitudes of Martin Luther and John Calvin toward political authority and social order?

Martin Luther
 * believed in only two sacrement Lords Supper and baptism
 * wanted church reforms
 * disliked indulgences
 * denied doctrine of transubstantiation
 * believed in importance of Scripture
 * Diet of Augsburg

John Calvin
 * believed in doctrince of justification by faith only
 * more emphasis on absolute soverignty of god
 * believed in predestination
 * kept only two sacraments of Lords Supper and baptism
 * Ecclesiastical Ordinances

Similarities
 * both wanted reform for church
 * both believed in only two sacrements of Lords Supper and baptism
 * Both believed in doctine of justification by faith

Differnces
 * Calvin: he believed in predestination(which meant that some people were predestined to be saved or damned)
 * Luther: didnt believe in transubstanation
 * Calivin: believed in the presence of Jesus in the sacrament in a spiritual sense.

Thesis Martin Luther and John Calvin both stressed for a change in the church, but had different views in their approach. John Calvin was a strong advocate for predestiantion while Martin Luther only believed in the justification by faith only.