Paper 2- Luther and the German Reformation (A-I)

Across

• 1. The immersion in water as an initiation into the Church- one of the two Lutheran sacraments, the other being Holy Communion (7)
• 4. A translation of the Greek word for “good news”. The four gospels are books in the New Testament that document the life and teachings of Jesus Christ (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John). (6)
• 5. the group of ordained persons in a religion, as distinguished from the laity. (6)
• 6. Collection of writings believed to be written Word of God, accepted as inspired by God & the authoritative source of the church's faith & teachings (5)
• 7. An assembly: The term is mainly used historically for the Imperial Diet, the general assembly of the Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire, (4)
• 8. Luther's emphasis on grace, not our own works, was the keystone of the 16th century Reformation, based on a related key Bible verse: Ephesians 2:8, "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God (5)
• 9. The Protestant theological system of John Calvin and his successors, which develops Luther’s doctrine of justification by faith alone into an emphasis on the grace of God and centres on the doctrine of predestination. (9)