The Babylonian Captivity of the Church

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The Babylonian Captivity of the Church is a 1520 theological treatise by Martin Luther that sharply criticizes the Roman Catholic sacramental system and helped define key doctrines of the Protestant Reformation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Reformation-era writing ⓘ
book ⓘ
theological treatise ⓘ
arguesThat only Baptism, Eucharist, and Penance are true sacraments (in its initial form) ⓘ
associatedWithMovement Protestant Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Reformation
author Martin Luther ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
criticizes Roman Catholic sacramental system ⓘ
canon law regulation of the sacraments ⓘ
medieval Catholic theology of the sacraments ⓘ
papal authority over the sacraments ⓘ
scholastic theology ⓘ
criticizesDoctrine transubstantiation ⓘ
criticizesPractice withholding the cup from the laity in the Eucharist ⓘ
dateOfPublication 1520 ⓘ
deniesSacramentalStatusOf Confirmation ⓘ
Extreme Unction ⓘ
Marriage ⓘ
Ordination ⓘ
examines Baptism ⓘ
Eucharist ⓘ
linked to: Holy Eucharist

Penance ⓘ
focusesOn Christian sacraments ⓘ
genre polemical theology ⓘ
religious controversy literature ⓘ
hasMainTheme liberation of the church from perceived bondage to human traditions ⓘ
historicalImpact helped define key doctrines of the Protestant Reformation ⓘ
intensified conflict between Martin Luther and the papacy ⓘ
influenced Lutheran confessional documents ⓘ
later Protestant sacramental theology ⓘ
languageOfTitle Latin ⓘ
LatinTitle De Captivitate Babylonica Ecclesiae ⓘ
originalLanguage Early New High German ⓘ
linked to: New High German
partOf Luther’s 1520 reforming treatises ⓘ
placeOfPublication Wittenberg ⓘ
proposesDoctrine authority of Scripture over church tradition ⓘ
justification by faith alone ⓘ
priesthood of all believers ⓘ
relatedWork On the Freedom of a Christian ⓘ
To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation ⓘ
responseFrom Roman Catholic theologians ⓘ
subject church authority ⓘ
ecclesiology ⓘ
reform of the church ⓘ
sacramental theology ⓘ
supportsDoctrine communion in both kinds for the laity ⓘ
real presence of Christ in the Eucharist ⓘ
targetAudience educated clergy and theologians of Luther’s time ⓘ
theologicalTradition Lutheran theology ⓘ
linked to: Lutheranism
timePeriod early 16th century ⓘ

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Martin Luther → notableWork → The Babylonian Captivity of the Church ⓘ
On the Freedom of a Christian → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Babylonian Captivity of the Church ⓘ
The Babylonian Captivity of the Church → LatinTitle → De Captivitate Babylonica Ecclesiae ⓘ
linked to: The Babylonian Captivity of the Church
De Libertate Christiana → relatedWork → On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church ⓘ
linked to: The Babylonian Captivity of the Church
To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation → followedBy → On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church ⓘ
linked to: The Babylonian Captivity of the Church
Luther’s 1520 reforming writings → hasPart → The Babylonian Captivity of the Church ⓘ