HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Faith in God
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Reading the Bible
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Doing good works
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Giving money to artists
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lutherans believed people only had to have faith (belief) in God to earn salva-tions (be saved and enter heaven). Luther ar-gued that salvation did not depend on doing good things for others. He based this belief on a passage he found in the New Testament of the Bible, in Paul’s letter to the Romans.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lutherans believe that individuals receive this gift of salvation through faith alone. Saving faith is the knowledge of, acceptance of, and trust in the promise of the Gospel. Even faith itself is seen as a gift of God, created in the hearts of Christians by the work of the Holy Spirit through the Word and Baptism.
Detailed explanation-3: -Luther’s teaching, and that of the reformation, is often summarized in three “solas.” Sola gratia, sola fide and sola scriptura-by faith alone, by grace alone and by scripture alone.