Settling the Northern Colonies Chapter 3
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Settling the Northern Colonies I. The Protestant Reformation Produces Puritanism 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Cathedral. Luther had several explosive ideas including? The Bible alone was the source of God?s word (not the Bible and the church or pope). People are saved simply by faith in Christ alone (not by faith and good works). His actions ignited the Protestant Reformation. John Calvin preached Calvinism which stressed ?predestination? (those going to Heaven or hell has already been determined by God). Basic doctrines were stated in the 1536 document entitled Institutes of the Christian Religion. Stated that all humans were weak and wicked. Only the predestined could go to heaven, no matter what.