Exercises on the Anabaptists and the Revolts of the 16th Century

(VUNESP) Thomas Münzer led the Anabaptists, peasants who, inspired by Lutheran theses, began to confiscate land, including the nobility, breaking with the feudal structure. The attitude of Luther, proposer of the Reformation, towards Anabaptism was:

a) support, as he saw in his followers those who came closest to his religious ideal.

b) opposition, as he saw in them a threat to the order that their protectors of the nobility defended.

c) support, as he saw them as an instrument for the definitive defeat of the defenders of Rome.

d) opposition, as he saw in the violence of his actions the manifestation of the teachings of the papacy.

e) support, because by confiscating the lands they destroyed the bases of the Holy Empire, Luther's greatest enemy.

The main theological point discussed by the Anabaptists, as its name implies, was the question of baptism. It is correct to say that the Anabaptists advocated:

a) the dispensability of baptism.

b) baptism of adults only.

c) the baptism of Lutheran children.

d) baptism without water.

e) baptism with blood.

In the year 1522, Anabaptism generated a revolt within the aristocracy, a revolt that spread years later through the peasantry. Among the aristocratic strata, those influenced by Anabaptism were:

a) the barons

b) the marquises

c) the Dukes

d) the knights

e) the counts

(UNIFESP) In the sixteenth century, in the words of one scholar, “reforming the Church meant reforming the world, because the Church was the world”. In view of this statement, it is correct to say that:

a) the main reformers, like Luther, were not involved in the political and socioeconomic developments of their doctrines.

b) the papacy, being aware of the ramifications of the reform, refused to initiate it, until forced to do so by Calvin.

c) the bourgeoisie, unlike the nobility and princes, joined the reform, to seize the riches of the Church.

d) Christians who adhered to the reform were concerned only with the material benefits that would accrue from it.

e) the appearance of the Anabaptists and other radical groups is proof that the reform went beyond the field of religion.

Letter B

The radicalism of Münzer's followers, despite having based their religious perspective on the Lutheran reform, did not arouse the sympathy of Luther, who repudiated the action of the insurgents, considering it excessive and too violent. .

Letter B

The Anabaptists disagreed with infant baptism. This disagreement occurred mainly because, for Anabaptism, the act of baptizing the child could lead him to religious paths in the absence of his decisions and, in this path, would be the source of power of the Catholic Church over individuals.

Letter D

The knights were at the base of the social hierarchy of the aristocracy, that is, they were the ones who had the least possessions and wealth. In 1522, the so-called Revolt of the Knights took place against the other nobles and the clergy. This revolt had Anabaptist inspiration and counted, a posteriori, on an alliance with the peasants.

Letter E

The Protestant Reformation, from its beginning, had political repercussions. The German principalities themselves, which supported Luther, did so because they saw in the split with the Catholic Church a greater political penetration in the conscience of individuals. Anabaptism radicalized this perspective.