Discussion
Questions and Images: Week 5
Discussion
Questions
- Defend one
of the following propositions:
- Karlstadt
took the 'scripture alone' principle more seriously than Luther.
- Karlstadt
not only misunderstood Luther's 'scripture alone' principle, but also
that of 'faith alone'.
- Defend one
of the following propositions:
- The radicalism
of Müntzer and the peasant's revolt were logical extensions of Luther's
teaching on authority, 'Christian freedom', and the priesthood of all
believers.
- Müntzer
and the rebellious peasants were worse than mad dogs--they were possessed
by Satan--and Luther was right in calling for their extermination.
- How did Karlstadt,
Müntzer, and Luther defend their claims of authority? Why is it that
they drew different conclusions while agreeing on the primacy of scripture?
Can you determine which principles of interpretation guided each of these
reformers?
- How do Karlstadt,
Müntzer, and Luther differ on the subject of the Christian's relation
to secular laws and the 'status quo'?
- If Karlstadt
and Luther had enjoyed the support of princes could their reforms have succeeded,
or were their ideas simply too radical for the sixteenth century?
- Ozment describes
how the Reformation took form as it became institutionalized in the German
lands. What accomodations were necessary? Did the social and political settlements
that took place remain true to Luther's ideas, or was his religious revolution
compromised in the process of institutionalization?
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