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What did religious freedom result from?
an alliance of unlikely partners
[ "Separation_of_church_and_state_in_the_United_States\n\nSteven Waldman notes that; \"The evangelicals provided the political muscle for the efforts of Madison and Jefferson, not merely because they wanted to block official churches but because they wanted to keep the spiritual and secular worlds apart.\" \"Religiou...
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What profession does Frank Lambert have?
historian
[ "Separation_of_church_and_state_in_the_United_States\n\nSteven Waldman notes that; \"The evangelicals provided the political muscle for the efforts of Madison and Jefferson, not merely because they wanted to block official churches but because they wanted to keep the spiritual and secular worlds apart.\" \"Religiou...
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What is the name of Lambert's book?
The Founding Fathers and the Place of Religion in America
[ "Separation_of_church_and_state_in_the_United_States\n\nSteven Waldman notes that; \"The evangelicals provided the political muscle for the efforts of Madison and Jefferson, not merely because they wanted to block official churches but because they wanted to keep the spiritual and secular worlds apart.\" \"Religiou...
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What did Deists and skeptics join together to fight for?
a complete separation of church and state
[ "Separation_of_church_and_state_in_the_United_States\n\nSteven Waldman notes that; \"The evangelicals provided the political muscle for the efforts of Madison and Jefferson, not merely because they wanted to block official churches but because they wanted to keep the spiritual and secular worlds apart.\" \"Religiou...
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What does Bellah say the separation of church and state is grounded firmly in?
constitution of the United States
[ "Separation_of_church_and_state_in_the_United_States\n\nRobert N. Bellah has in his writings that although the separation of church and state is grounded firmly in the constitution of the United States, this does not mean that there is no religious dimension in the political society of the United States. He used th...
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What does Bellah use the term "civil religion' to describe?
the specific relation between politics and religion
[ "Separation_of_church_and_state_in_the_United_States\n\nRobert N. Bellah has in his writings that although the separation of church and state is grounded firmly in the constitution of the United States, this does not mean that there is no religious dimension in the political society of the United States. He used th...
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Whose speech does Bellah's 1967 article analyze?
John F. Kennedy
[ "Separation_of_church_and_state_in_the_United_States\n\nRobert N. Bellah has in his writings that although the separation of church and state is grounded firmly in the constitution of the United States, this does not mean that there is no religious dimension in the political society of the United States. He used th...
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What word does Bellah ask how a President is justified to use?
God
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What has the separation of church and state failed to deny the political realm of?
a religious dimension
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Who has argued the United States is a model for the world in separation of church and state is a good thing?
Robert S. Wood
[ "Separation_of_church_and_state_in_the_United_States\n\nRobert S. Wood has argued that the United States is a model for the world in terms of how a separation of church and state—no state-run or state-established church—is good for both the church and the state, allowing a variety of religions to flourish. Speaking...
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What does having no state-run or state-established allow a variety of religions to do?
flourish
[ "Separation_of_church_and_state_in_the_United_States\n\nRobert S. Wood has argued that the United States is a model for the world in terms of how a separation of church and state—no state-run or state-established church—is good for both the church and the state, allowing a variety of religions to flourish. Speaking...
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Where is the Center for New Religions located?
Toronto
[ "Separation_of_church_and_state_in_the_United_States\n\nRobert S. Wood has argued that the United States is a model for the world in terms of how a separation of church and state—no state-run or state-established church—is good for both the church and the state, allowing a variety of religions to flourish. Speaking...
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What does Wood believe the U.S. operates on?
a sort of civic religion
[ "Separation_of_church_and_state_in_the_United_States\n\nRobert S. Wood has argued that the United States is a model for the world in terms of how a separation of church and state—no state-run or state-established church—is good for both the church and the state, allowing a variety of religions to flourish. Speaking...
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What does Wood call the approach of allowing individuals the freedom to decide what they want to believe?
genius of religious sentiment in the United States
[ "Separation_of_church_and_state_in_the_United_States\n\nRobert S. Wood has argued that the United States is a model for the world in terms of how a separation of church and state—no state-run or state-established church—is good for both the church and the state, allowing a variety of religions to flourish. Speaking...
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What type of faith is Protestantism?
Christian
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Whose teachings were once considered to be heretical?
Martin Luther
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Other than Protestantism, what are the other two divisions of Christianity?
Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy
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Who wrote a letter protesting the condemnation of Martin Luther?
Lutheran princes
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What was the name of the movement that started Protestantism?
the Protestant Reformation
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What do all Protestantism denominations reject?
the notion of papal supremacy over the Church universal
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What Catholic doctrine is usually denied in Protestantism?
transubstantiation,
[ "Protestantism\n\nAll Protestant denominations reject the notion of papal supremacy over the Church universal and generally deny the Roman Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation, but they disagree among themselves regarding the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. The various denominations generally emphasize...
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What is the term to describe using only faith for justification?
sola fide
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What is the highest authority in Protestantism for morals?
the Bible
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What is the term to describe the differences between Protestantism and Catholicism?
Five solae
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Where did Lutheranism begin?
Germany
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Name three early Protestant reformers.
John Calvin, Huldrych Zwingli, and John Knox
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Where did Arminianism take hold?
the Netherlands and parts of Germany
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Who ended Catholic supremecy in England?
King Henry VIII
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Who made large contributions in the sciences in latter centuries?
Protestants
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What percentage of Christians are Protestant?
nearly forty percent
[ "Protestantism\n\nCollectively encompassing more than 900 million adherents, or nearly forty percent of Christians worldwide, Protestantism is present on all populated continents.[t] The movement is more divided theologically and ecclesiastically than either Eastern Orthodoxy or Roman Catholicism, lacking both stru...
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Which continents have some form of Protestantism?
all populated continents
[ "Protestantism\n\nCollectively encompassing more than 900 million adherents, or nearly forty percent of Christians worldwide, Protestantism is present on all populated continents.[t] The movement is more divided theologically and ecclesiastically than either Eastern Orthodoxy or Roman Catholicism, lacking both stru...
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What types of Protestantism are increasing?
Nondenominational, evangelical, independent and other churches
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What Protestant church has members around the world?
the Anglican Communion
[ "Protestantism\n\nCollectively encompassing more than 900 million adherents, or nearly forty percent of Christians worldwide, Protestantism is present on all populated continents.[t] The movement is more divided theologically and ecclesiastically than either Eastern Orthodoxy or Roman Catholicism, lacking both stru...
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How many people are considered Protestant?
more than 900 million
[ "Protestantism\n\nCollectively encompassing more than 900 million adherents, or nearly forty percent of Christians worldwide, Protestantism is present on all populated continents.[t] The movement is more divided theologically and ecclesiastically than either Eastern Orthodoxy or Roman Catholicism, lacking both stru...
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From what language does the term evangelical originate?
German
[ "Protestantism\n\nDuring the Reformation, the term was hardly used outside of the German politics. The word evangelical (German: evangelisch), which refers to the gospel, was much more widely used for those involved in the religious movement. Nowadays, this word is still preferred among some of the historical Prote...
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What German word refers to the gospel or being Protestant?
evangelisch
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What English word for a church began with the Puritans in England?
evangelical
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Name two contributors to Reformed churches.
John Calvin, Huldrych Zwingli
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Who brought Evangelicalism to the U.S.?
the Puritans
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What is the term for teaching by only scripture?
sola scriptura
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How many primary doctrines are focused on the Bible?
four
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What is the term that means all in the Bible is true?
inerrancy
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What power can help someone overcome sin?
the Holy Spirit
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What is the term for needing the Bible for salvation?
necessity
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Which ideas had little criticism for the most part?
necessity and inerrancy
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What is the term for how the church as a whole works?
ecclesiology
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What group believes that some in the church have a special status to understand the bible?
Catholics
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At what period was inerrancy debated?
the Enlightenment
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What item could be learned to gain salvation?
the Bible
[ "Protestantism\n\nThe necessity and inerrancy were well-established ideas, garnering little criticism, though they later came under debate from outside during the Enlightenment. The most contentious idea at the time though was the notion that anyone could simply pick up the Bible and learn enough to gain salvation....
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What is the second principle of Protestantism?
sola fide (by faith alone)
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What was Luther's main principle?
sola fide (by faith alone)
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What principle made the Bible the one source for teaching?
sola scriptura
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What did reformers considered their beliefs to be, in terms of focus?
Christocentric
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Faith can bring what eternal benefit?
salvation
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When did Protestantism begin to split?
the mid-to-late 16th century
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What was one of the main causes of the split in Protestantism?
controversy over the Eucharist
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What Catholic belief did early Protestants not agree with?
transubstantiation
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What two substances are used in a Catholic Mass?
bread and wine
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Whose body and blood is considered present in Holy Communion?
Christ
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Who was one of the first to try to reform the Catholic Church?
Arnold of Brescia
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When were the Waldensians created?
the early 1170s
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In what year were the Waldensians labeled as heretics?
1215
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Where does the Waldensian movement still exist currently?
Italy
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What teachings originated with Arnold of Brescia?
apostolic poverty
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Who started the Hussite movement?
Jan Hus
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Whose words were an inspiration for Jan Hus?
John Wycliffe
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How many crusades were waged against the Hussites?
five
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Who called the crusades against the Hussites?
the Pope
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How did Jan Hus die?
burned at the stake
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When did Martin Luther attach his 95 theses on the door of the church?
31 October 1517
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What did the theses argue against selling?
indulgences
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What Catholic devotion would Martin Luther write about after the 95 theses/
Virgin Mary
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Where was All Saints' Church?
Wittenberg
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Who did Martin Luther criticize in the 95 theses?
the Church and the papacy
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Who condemned the Reformation?
the Pope
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Who wrote the Ordinances of 1541?
John Calvin
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What city became the unofficial capital of the Protestant movement?
Geneva
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What type of missionaries were taught in Geneva?
Calvinist
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When did John Calvin die?
1563
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What was the nickname for French Protestants?
Huguenots
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What did the French find alienating about Catholicism?
the obduracy and the complacency of the Catholic establishment
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When were French nobles converted to Protestantism?
the 1550s
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Whose death caused an increase in the French civil wars?
Henry II
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When was the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre?
August 1572
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Who began the Protestant movement in Switzerland?
Huldrych Zwingli
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Which two areas had a long history of resentment?
the German states and the Swiss Confederation
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What was the name of the meeting to make an alliance between Zwingli and Luther?
the Colloquy of Marburg
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What Prince hosted the Colloquy of Marburg?
Prince Philip of Hesse
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What did the Colloquy of Marburg become infamous for?
its failure
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Under whose reign did the Church of England part from Rome?
Henry VIII
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When was the Act of Supremacy passed?
1534
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Who was made the Supreme Head of the Church of England in 1534?
King Henry
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What made Anglicanism into a more distinct tradition?
The Elizabethan Religious Settlement
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In what years were the Dissolution of the Monasteries carried out?
Between 1535 and 1540
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The growth of Puritanism happened during what age?
the Elizabethan Age
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The Puritan movement worked on reforming what church?
the Church of England
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What did the Puritans want the Church of England to emulate?
the Protestant churches of Europe
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What was another name for the later Puritan movement?
dissenters and nonconformists
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What did the later Puritan movement create?
various Reformed denominations
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When was the Scottish Reformation?
1560
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