For the 2014 AP Euro FRQ I decided to do prompt #2 and this prompt centered around church-state relations between the different protestant faiths. For the Lutheran faith I was able to correctly identify that Luther placed church above state and for Anglican I said both political and religious power was consolidated in the king. Yet, for Calvinist I said that church and state were seen as equal. My teacher has told me that this is wrong and that Calvinist believe that church should be above state. Now I am really scared about what grade I will get on that particular FRQ. How many points do you think will be taken off due to the historical mistake I made?</p>
<p>Luther advocated for the state to subordinate the church towards reform in his address to German nobility. He also conceptualized the modern theory of separation of church & state. Calvin, with his doctrine of predestination, said that the chosen “elect” should rule the state according to canon law. This could be seen in Geneva. Henry VIII and his Anglicans are a completely different sect of Protestantism, if you will. Though they maintain the episcopal church hierarchy, it was essentially state over church when he proclaimed the Act of Supremacy. But he also united these two roles of religious and secular leaders. </p>
<p>I only touched upon the fact that Calvinist saw churh and state as equal ( which is wrong). I was just wondering how big of an impact that will have on my overall frq grade especially since one able paragraph was devoted to explaining this idea</p>
<p>Calvin didn’t see them as equal, he saw them as one and the same (the elect have a duty to rule over society – Geneva) while Luther thought that obeying authority was important as can be seen in the German peasant’s revolt where he sided with the nobles. Nobody can tell you what your grade will be but those are the key ideas you should have</p>
<p>For Anglican: the ruler is the supreme head of state and church. I talked extensively about why Henry VIII came to break away from the Catholic Church, is that extraneous info?
Calvinist: Used Geneva as an example of a theocracy or church over state. Also talked about a council they had their strict laws. I’m not sure if that was right though…
Luther: The German princes were encouraged to be a leader in their church. I think this one was where church and state were more equal. I was reluctant to say there was a separation of church and state because it wasn’t really a concept back then… Until after the Thirty Years War? I also should have written about the Peasants War but ran out of time -.-</p>
<p>Ughhh I need at least a 6 on this since I bombed the multiple choice.</p>
<p>You will most likely get a 4</p>
<p>@Philery Martin Luther was a political conservative who did not want to challenge legitimate authority. It’s okay if you don’t say that there is a separation of church and state but you have to mention that Luther thought the Church should be obedient to the state. </p>