Religious+Vocabulary

Religious Aspects of American History · - Quakers: a group of people founded by George Fox in England who opposed oath-taking and war. -Sara D -Old lights- were deeply skeptical of the emotionalism and the theatrical antics of the revivalists. (Nicole Chiappetti) -New lights- defending the Awakening for its role in revitalizing American religion. (Nicole Chiappetti) -Quakerism: Refered to themselves as the Society of Friends began in England in 1650. Then in 1681 William Penn established Pennsylvania and became the founder of the Quaker Religion in America. Quakerism is mainly different from other religions due to the fact that there is no central authority or body which governs and dictates the beliefs or practices of its members. Nicole Chiappetti -Quaker "Blue Laws" - No stage plays, cards, dice or excessive hilaritiity (Lacey Shoman) Visible Saints: people who felt the stirring of grace in their souls and could demostrate its presense to their fellow Puritans should be admitted to church membership. Nicole Chiappetti

- Roger Williams: Founded Rhode Island in 1636. Built first Baptist Church and set up religious freedom; sheltered quakers. Puritanism: a religion where moral values were higher than any other Church of England and also that many New Englanders followed-Jessica Q

Reformation- a 16th century religious movement marked ultimately by modification of a Roman Catholic doctrine and practice and establishment of the Protestant Churches. (Ashley Neubeck) · -Jonathan Edwards- an american preacher and theoligian known for his theological work with puritanism and for his critical role in shaping the first great awakening Martin Luther: a German Augustinian friar that started the protestant reformation in the 16th century by nailing his 95 thesis on the door of Wittneburg's Cathedral. Ashley Bates Institutes of the Christan Religion ~ The Institutes of the Christian religion is simple, basic doctrine, where Calvin argued that God was powerful, good, smart, wise, and that God knew who was going to heaven and who was going to hell. This doctrine also explained Calvin's beliefs about predestination, which is the main belief in Calvinism. Badia Saed
 * __// Huitzilopochtli- most important God in the Aztec religion - Taylor P //__
 * Idolatry- the worship of images that represent God - Taylor P
 * The Great Awakining: religious rival exploded in 1730s and 1740s Christina G
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 * Puritanism: The belief in more strictness in religious discipline and the simplification of doctrine and worship.
 * Calvinism: the teachings of predestination, the sovereignty of God, the supreme authorities of scriptures, and grace, all taught by John Calvin.

-Antinomianism: The assertion that a holy life was no sure sign of salvation and that the truly saved need not bother to obey the law of either God or man; a claim of Anne Hutchison and a high heresy (Iris S) -Missionaries- people sent to foreign areas to spread religion. -Ryan H -Predestination- the idea that a person is decided to go to heaven or hell before there are even born. Believed by Puritans. -Anglican Church (Church of England) Catholic based church that seperated from Rome in 1529 due to the refusal by Pope Clement VII to annul Henry VIII marriage to Catherine of Aragon. (Ellie Gebhardt) - The Great Awakening was a religious revival held in the 1730's and 1740's to motivate the colonial America. Motivational speakers such as Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield helped to bring Americans together. (Jessica Johnson) -The Halfway convenant was announced by troubled ministers in 1662 as a new formula for church membership. (Ashley Neubeck) -King James I was head of both state and church from 1603-1625 leaving no seperation. (Ashley Neubeck) -Infidel: Used to describe the Muslim Moors, an infidel is one who does not want to become a perticular faith, in this case, Catholicism. (Kenny K.) Jesuits:a group of Catholic missionaries who traveled America seeking to convert Native Americans to their religion. (Lacey O) Black Legend:A false belief that the Spanish commited "killing for Christ" in which they would steal things from the Native Americas, kill them, give them dieseases, or enslave them when in fact they were really laying the foundation for a new culture by intermixing the Native Americans with the Spanish (Lacey O). Act of Toleration (1649): granted religious toleration to all Christians, but punished anyone, such as Jews and Atheists, that did not believe in Jesus. (Lacey O) Separatists: a group of people that wanted a complete break from the Church of England because they did not want to be in the same church as the damned, escaped to Holland then settled in Plymouth in 1620 (Lacey Olson). City upon a hill: an idea led by John Winthrop in the Massechusetts Bay Colony that believed the Puritans could create a perfect utopian society. They felt that the hill made them closer to God and it put them about all other societies, making them a role model (Lacey Olson). - Congregational Church: each congregation isindependent and allowed to run its own affairs (T Pooley) George Whitefield- An Anglican minister who helped spread the Great Awakening. (Evan H) Harvard University- Founded in 1636 and was first used to train clergymen. Many of these men went on to become clergymen in Puritan churches. (Evan H) Rationalists- A type of religion in belief that god gave humanity the gift of reason to make thier own decisions. Huguenot - A French Calvinist. - Nathan McMahon Jeremaid- New sermon during the Salem Witch Trials (Matt Dexheimer) Jesuits- members of the Roman Catholic order of religious men called the Society of Jesus. The Jesuits served as a preaching, teaching, and missionary society, actively promoting the Counter-Reformation. (Rachael F) Albany Congress- a group of commissioners representing seven British colonies that met at meeting at Albany, N.Y., in North America to treat with the Iroquois, chiefly because war with France was about to happen. (Rachael F) Harvard College- oldest college in America that was founded by Puritans as a way to train clergymen. Quebec Act - This 1774 act of Great Britain made allowances for Catholicism in the colonies, among other things. (Jared H.) 2nd Great Awakening- a period of religious revival during the antebellum period of the United States. Scott H.
 * The Half-Way Covenant : Allowed partial members of the church rights in the Puritan Congregation. This eventually erased the difference between the elect and everybody else.-Sarah Goth
 * Roger Williams: He verbally criticised the Puritan government and fled to Rhode Island in 1636. He is thought to be the first person to build a Baptist church in America.-Sarah Goth