May Adult Education Class
“The Road to the Protestant Reformation”Led by Dr. Roy Vice
Sundays, May 10 &
Event Details
May Adult Education Class
“The Road to the Protestant Reformation” Led by Dr. Roy Vice
Sundays, May 10 & 17 11:30am-12:15pm 1st Floor – Chapel
The unity of the Catholic Church began to break down during the Avignon papacy, especially during the schism of one pope in Rome and another in Avignon. John Wycliffe and his followers, the Lollards, criticized the Church. John Huss (Jan Hus) was burned at Constance. His followers raided Germany. The Humanist Lorenzo Valla showed that the Donation of Constantine was a forgery. Erasmus of Rotterdam satirized many Catholic practices and published the first edition of the New Testament in Greek. This was used by Martin Luther to translate the Bible into German.
