Massive MegaQuiz

  1. This German Anabaptist leader is sometimes referred to as a "magisterial" anabaptist because he was so popular in the towns in which he preached.

    1. Balthasar Hübmaier
    2. Michael Sattler
    3. Andreas von Bodenstein Karlstadt
    4. Conrad Grebel

  2. This radical reformer was a leader in the Peasants' War and was captured during a peasant uprising near Frankenhausen and beheaded outside the walls of Mülhausen on May 27, 1525.

    1. Michael Sattler
    2. Jan of Leiden
    3. Andreas von Bodenstein Karlstadt
    4. Thomas Müntzer

  3. This English theologian taught at Oxford University and is sometimes referred to as the "Morning Star of the Reformation" because of his critiques of the Catholic Church.

    1. Jan Huss
    2. Peter Waldo
    3. John of Wessel
    4. John Wycliffe

  4. This German Catholic theologian and writer attacked protestantism. He wrote a scathing biography of Martin Luther as well as works against other Protestants. His biased writings helped to emphasize the need for historiography.

    1. Peter Canisius
    2. Robert Bellarmine
    3. Konrad Wimpina
    4. Johannes Cochlaeus

  5. This professor at Ingolstadt was the Catholic representative at the Leipzig Debate and at the Diet of Augsburg.

    1. Johann Eck
    2. Cesare Baronius
    3. Johannes Cochlaeus
    4. Gasparo Contarini

  6. This Jesuit theologian's greatest theological work was Controversies which was published in three volumes from 1586 to 1593. This work was a compilation and systemization of arguments against Protestant theology and was one of the most valuable tools for Catholics against the Reformation.

    1. Cesare Baronius
    2. Robert Bellarmine
    3. Gasparo Contarini
    4. Konrad Wimpina

  7. This English reformer promoted the use of Tyndale's New Testament and attempted to spread Lutheran theology to England. After having been arrested in England, he fled to Wittenberg where he studied with Luther. He returned to England and was burned at the stake on July 30, 1540.

    1. Thomas Cromwell
    2. Hugh Latimer
    3. Matthew Parker
    4. Robert Barnes

  8. He was the bishop of Worcester and was particularly powerful during Edward VI's reign. As Queen Mary came to power, he seemed to seek martyrdom as he refused to take refuge. He was burned at the stake on October 16, 1555.

    1. Thomas Cromwell
    2. Hugh Latimer
    3. Matthew Parker
    4. Robert Barnes

  9. She was the sixth wife of Henry VIII and is often considered to be the first Protestant Queen of England. She educated her two step-children as Protestants and supported Protestant figures such as Hugh Latimer and Miles Coverdale. She also wrote two important works: Prayers and The Lamentation of a Sinner.

    1. Katherine Parr
    2. Catherine of Aragon
    3. Elizabeth I
    4. Jane Grey

  10. She was the daughter of Henry VIII and Ann Boleyn. Under her reign, which began in 1558, England returned to Protestantism and The Book of Common Prayer was written.

    1. Katherine Parr
    2. Mary I
    3. Elizabeth I
    4. Jane Grey

  11. This Czech preacher became the leader of the reform movement in Bohemia. His call for moral reform in the church and a denunciation of indulgences resulted in his excommunication. He was called to the Council of Constance in 1414, was condemned, and burned at the stake on July 6, 1415.

    1. Girolamo Savonarola
    2. Peter Waldo
    3. John Wycliffe
    4. Jan Hus

  12. This Swiss reformer who became pastor in Zurich after Zwingli's death. His Second Helvetic Confession would serve as a guide for reformed churches throughout Switzerland.

    1. Johannes Brenz
    2. Theodore Beza
    3. Martin Bucer
    4. Heinrich Bullinger

  13. This German humanist and theologian was a close associate of Luther and authored the Augsburg Confession in 1530.

    1. Martin Bucer
    2. Theodore Beza
    3. Johannes Brenz
    4. Philipp Melanchthon

  14. He was the leader of the Swiss Reformation in Zurich. He is often known as the "third magisterial reformer" because he implemented his reforms through the city council of Zurich.

    1. Ulrich Zwingli
    2. John Calvin
    3. Martin Bucer
    4. Heinrich Bullinger

  15. This early English Reformer influenced Robert Barnes, Hugh Latimer, and others. He spoke out against relics, the veneration of saints, and pilgrimages and was burned at the stake in 1531.

    1. Martin Luther
    2. Cardinal Wolsey
    3. James Woodson
    4. Thomas Bilney