Andrews University SDA Theological Seminary

CHIS640 REFORMERS AND THE REFORMATION

Summer 2007

COURSE SYLLABUS/OUTLINE

Place:	N335	Instructor:	Dr. Trevor O'Reggio

Time:	1:30-3:20 M-R	Room:	N208

Credit:	2-3	Telephone:	471-3572(O); 473-2319(H)

Email:	toreggio@andrews.edu

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is a general introductory course on the Reformation Movement of the 16th century; Continental and Counter Reformation; Elizabethan Settlement; and English Puritanism.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

1.	Understand the causes and consequences of the Protestant Reformation.

2.	Understand the rise of the major reformers.

3.	Gain insight into the theological ideas that generated and shaped the Reformation.

4.	Understand how Catholicism reacted to the Reformation.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

1.	Students are expected to:

-read two main textbooks,

-view the videos on reserve,

-read from Great Controversy , chapter 4-14

-read the source book.

2.	There will be a final exam.

3.	There will be 5 quizzes based on the readings.

4.	Students are expected to be present in class and on time.

5.	A special project consists of preparing a two-page summary by any of the reformers on the five areas below:

a.	Justification/Sanctification

b.	Church

c.	State of the Dead/Resurrection

d.	Family Life/Marriage

e.	Sin/Law

REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS/RESERVE LIST

Reading for this course is of four kinds:

1.	Two main textbooks:

The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century by Roland Bainton.

Reformation Europe: Age of Reform and Revolution by De Lamar Jensen

2.	Source book compiled by Trevor O'Reggio.

3.	Great Controversy, chapter 4-14.

4.	Five videos on reserve.

EVALUATION

Project	50 points

Quizzes	50 points

Rdg report	50 points

Final exam	150 points

Total	300 points

GRADING

A	=	95-100	B	=	80-84	C	=	65-69

A-	=	90-94	B-	=	75-79	C-	=	64-60

B+	=	85-89	C+	=	70-74	D	=	45-59

IMPORTANT DATES

Project	Thursday, July 5

Final exam	Thursday, July 5

SUCCESS NUGGETS

Be on time.

Come to class prepared; read the assigned chapter.

Pay attention in the classroom and take good notes.

Be alert during lectures, asking questions for understanding and clarification.

Turn in all assigned work on due dates, NO excuses.

Come to class with a positive attitude and a teachable spirit.

Avoid absences like the plague.

If you are having difficulties in class, please contact me.

COURSE PROCEDURES

ABSOLUTELY no food or drink is allowed in the classroom.

There are NO make up quizzes.

ALL assignments are expected to be turned in ON TIME. Only in true emergency cases will exceptions be made.

Please note in the calendar the withdraw and add/drop dates for classes.

ACADEMIC HONESTY

There will be zero tolerance for academic cheating. Anyone caught cheating will forfeit the grade for that quiz, paper, or exam. The use of another persons idea(s) or words should be credited to that person. Failure to do this is academic cheating or termed plagiarism.

DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS

"If you qualify for accommodations under the American Disabilities Act, please see the instructor as soon as possible for referral and assistance in arranging such accommodations."

ABSENCES POLICY

10% absences of total course appointment can result in failing grade (see Bulletin, p. 28).

QUOTATION

"However dogs may bark at me and pigs grunt, I shall always imitate the writings of the ancients: these shall be my study, nor, while my strength lasts, shall the sun find me idle. We are like dwarfs on the shoulder of giants, by whose grace we see farther than they. Our study of the works of the ancients enables us to give fresh life to their finer ideas and rescue them from times' oblivion and man's neglect."

SPECIAL RELEVANCE OF THE REFORMATION

FOR SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

1.	Seek a sympathetic objectivity about the past.

"As we read of Luther, Knox, and other noted Reformers, we admire the strength, fortitude, and courage possessed by these faithful servants of God, and we would catch the spirit that animated them. We desire to know from what source they were out of weakness made strong. Although these great men were used as instruments for God, they were not faultless. They were erring men, and made great mistakes. We should seek to imitate their virtues, but we should not make them our criterion. These men possessed rare talents to carry forward the work of the Reformation. They were moved upon by a power above themselves; but it was not the men, the instruments that God used, that should be exalted and honored, but the Lord Jesus who let His light and power come upon them. Let those who love truth and righteousness, who gather up the hereditary trusts given to these standard-bearers, praise God, the Source of all light" (E. G. White, Selected Messages, 1:402).

2.	Purpose: to prepare for the future.

"Soon God's people will be tested by fiery trials, and the great proportion of those who now appear to be genuine and true will prove to be base metal. Instead of being strengthened and confirmed by opposition, threats, and abuse, they will cowardly take the side of the opposers. . . . When the religion of Christ is most held in contempt, when His law is most despised, then should our zeal be the warmest and our courage and firmness the most unflinching. To stand in defense of truth and righteousness when the majority forsake us, to fight the battles of the Lord when champions are few--this will be our test. At this time we must gather warmth from the coldness of others, courage from their cowardice, and loyalty from their treason" (E. G. White, Testimonies, 5:136).

"The words of Paul will be literally fulfilled: 'All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.' 2 Timothy 3:12. As the defenders of truth refuse to honor the Sunday-
Sabbath, some of them will be thrust into prison, some will be exiled, some will be treated as slaves. To human wisdom all this now seems impossible; but as the restraining Spirit of God shall be withdrawn from men, and they shall be under the control of Satan, who hates the divine precepts, there will be strange developments. The heart can be very cruel when God's fear and love are removed.

"As the storm approaches, a large class who have professed faith in the third angel's message, but have not been sanctified through obedience to the truth, abandon their position and join the ranks of the opposition. By uniting with the world and partaking of its spirit, they have come to view matters in nearly the same light; and when the test is brought, they are prepared to choose the easy, popular side. Men of talent and pleasing address, who once rejoiced in the truth, employ their powers to deceive and mislead souls. They become the most bitter enemies of their former brethren. When Sabbath keepers are brought before the courts to answer for their faith, these apostates are the most efficient agents of Satan to misrepresent and accuse them, and by false reports and insinuations to stir up the rulers against them" (E. G. White, The Great Controversy, 608).

"The time is not far distant when the test will come to every soul. The observance of the false Sabbath will be urged upon us. The contest will be between the commandments of God and the commandments of men. Those who have yielded step by step to worldly demands and conformed to worldly customs will then yield to the powers that be, rather than subject themselves to derision, insult, threatened imprisonment, and death. At that time the gold will be separated from the dross. True godliness will be clearly distinguished from the appearance and tinsel of it. Many a star that we have admired for its brilliance will then go out in darkness. Those who have assumed the ornaments of the sanctuary, but are not clothed with Christ's righteousness, will then appear in the shame of their own nakedness.

"Among earth's inhabitants, scattered in every land, there are those who have not bowed the knee to Baal. Like the stars of heaven, which appear only at night, these faithful ones will shine forth when darkness covers the earth and gross darkness the people. In heathen Africa, in the Catholic lands of Europe and of South America, in China, in India, in the islands of the sea, and in all the dark corners of the earth, God has in reserve a firmament of chosen ones that will yet shine forth amidst the darkness, revealing clearly to an apostate world the transforming power of obedience to His law"

(E. G. White, Prophets and Kings, 188-189).

"Christians should be preparing for what is soon to break upon the world as an overwhelming surprise, and this preparation they should make by diligently studying the Word of God and striving to conform their lives to its precepts" (LHU 157).

"Prior to the last closing conflict, many will be imprisoned, many will flee for their lives from cities and towns, and many will be martyrs for Christ's sake in standing in defense of the truth" (MS 6, 1889, in 1888 Materials, 484, and Maranatha, 199).

COURSE OUTLINE: Readings from textbooks: Reformation Europe, Reformation of the 16th Century, and the Great Controversy.

1.	Pre-reformation Background	White, chapter 4-6

A.	John Wycliffe (video)

B.	John Hus (video)

C.	Jerome Savonarola

D.	Scholasticism

E.	Mysticism

F.	Humanism

2.	The Changing Structure of Western Europe	Bainton, 3-21

A.	Intro to Reformation	Jensen, chapter 1

B.	Causes for Reform

C.	Characteristics of the Reformation

D.	Political change; Rise of territorial states

E.	Economic changes

F.	Social changes

G.	Religious changes: Declining influence of the church

3.	The Reformation in Germany	Bainton, 22-76; 141-159

A.	Luther's education early religious experiences, 1483-1519	White, chapters 7, 8, 10, 11

B.	Development of his theology	Jensen, chapter 2

C.	The Indulgences crisis

D.	The Leipzig Debate

E.	The crisis of 1520 & 1521

F.	Luther's later years, at Wartburg and Wittenberg

G.	Major contributions of Luther

H.	Phillip Melancthon's role and achievements in Wittenberg

I.	The Reformation under Martin Bucer (1491-1551)

J.	Luther (video)

4.	Zwingli and Calvin in Switzerland	Bainton, 77-94; 110-122

A.	The career of Huldreich Zwingli, (1485-1531)	Jensen, chapters 3 and 4

B.	Geneva's political structure	White, chapter 9

C.	Forerunners of Calvinism in Geneva

D.	The career of John Calvin until 1536

E.	Calvin's first Geneva period 1536-1531

F.	Calvin's second Geneva period, 1541-1564

G.	Zwingli (video)

H.	Calvin (video)

5.	The English Reformation	Bainton, 183-210

A.	Under Henry VIII (1509-1547)	Jensen, chapter 5

B.	Under Edward VI (1547-1553)	White, chapter 14

C.	The Marian Reaction (1553-1558)

D.	The Elizabethan Settlement (1558-1603)

E.	The Scottish Reformation

F.	Tyndale (video)

6.	The Radical Reformation	Bainton, 95-109; 123-140

A.	The early Anabaptists in Zurich	Jensen, chapter 3

B.	Basic tenets of their beliefs	White, chapter 13

C.	The early leaders

D.	Persecution and Martyrdom

E.	The rise of the fanatics

F.	Menno Simons (1496-1561)

G.	Sabbatarian Anabaptists

H.	Anabaptist (video)

7.	The Catholic Reformation	Jensen, chapter 6

A.	The search spiritual renewal

B.	The Reforming Orders

C.	The Council of Trent, 1545-1563

D.	Papal reform measures

8.	The Legacy of the Reformation	Bainton, 228-261

A.	Impact of the Reformation

Intellectual

Religious

Economical

Social

Political

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Books

Aland, Kurt. Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses. St. Louis: Concordia, 1967.

Anderson, Charles S. Augsburg Historical Atlas of Christianity in the Middle Ages and Reformation. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1967.

Bainton, Roland. The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century. Boston: Beacon, 1952.

_______. Here I Stand. Nashville: Abingdon, 1950.

Bergstren, Torsten. Balthasar Hubmaier: Anabaptist Theologian and Martyr. Trans. from the German by Irwin J. Barnes and William R. Estep. Valley Forge: Judson, 1978.

Donaldson, Gordon. The Scottish Reformation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1960.

Drummond, Andrew L. German Protestantism Since Luther. London: Epworth, 1951.

Estep, William. The Anabaptist Story. Nashville: Broadman, 1963.

Farner, Oskar. Zwingli the Reformer. Trans. by D. G. Sear. London: Lutterworth, 1952.

Jones, Norman. The English Reformation: Religion and Cultural Adaptation. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2002.

Linberg, Carter, ed. the Reformation Theologians. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2002.

Luebe, David, ed. The Counter Reformation: The Essential Readings. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2002.

Manschreck, Clyde L. Melanchthon, the Quiet Reformer. New York: Abingdon, 1958.

McGrath, Alister. Reformation Thought: An Introduction.

________. A Life of John Calvin. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2002.

McNeill, John. The History and Character of Calvinism. Rev. ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1964.

Reid, W. Stanford, ed. John Calvin. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914.

Renwick, A. M. The Story of the Scottish Reformation. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1960.

Ridley, John. John Knox. New York: Oxford University Press, 1968.

Rilliet, Jean H. Zwingli: Third Man of the Reformation. Trans. by Harold Knight. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1964.

Ruff, Ernest G. and Benjamin Drenz, eds. Martin Luther. London: Arnold, 1970.

Williams, George H. The Radical Reformation. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1962.

Videos

Martin Luther

John Hus

John Wycliffe - The Morning Star of the Reformation

The Radicals - The Anabaptist

The Swiss Reformation: Zwingli and Calvin

God's Outlaw: Story of William Tyndale

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