Absenteeism- when church officeholders ignore their duties and hire underlings who are less qualified.
Canton- a small territorial district, especially one of the states of theSwiss confederation.
Colloquy- a conference.
Disputation- the act of disputing or debating; verbal controversy; discussion or debate.
Huguenots- French Calvinists.
Indulgence- a remission of the temporal punishment for sinafter its guilt has been forgiven.
Justification- being declared righteous by God.
Pluralism- high church officials that take over more than one church office.
Transubstantiation- the substance of bread and wine consumed in the rite of the Lord’s Supper is miraculously transformed into the body and blood of Jesus.
Indulgence- a remission of the temporal punishment for sinafter its guilt has been forgiven.
Justification- being declared righteous by God.
Millenarianism- the belief that the end of the world is at hand and the kingdom of God is about to be established on earth.
Mysticism- the immediate experience of oneness with God.
Pluralism- high church officials that take over more than one church office.
Politiques- a group who emerged during the French Wars of Religion in the sixteenth century, placed politics above religion, and believed that no religious truth was worth the ravages of civil war.
Predestination- the belief, associated with Calvinism, that God, as a consequence of his foreknowledge of all events, has predetermined those who will be saved (the elect) and those who will be damned.
Puritans- English Protestants inspired by Calvinist theology who wished to remove all traces of Catholicism from the Church of England.
Transubstantiation- the substance of bread and wine consumed in the rite of the Lord’s Supper is miraculously transformed into the body and blood of Jesus.