CH. 6 Church History Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Dark Ages | the church and society had entered this period, ongoing entanglements with politics and feuds occurred, and it grew in power and wealth during this period. |
| Theodoric | king of a Goth tribe, took over the rule of Italy around the beginning of the sixth century. Able to keep peace between the Goths and the Italians despite their mutual dislike and different customs. |
| Clovis | king of the Franks, converted from Paganism to Catholicism because he prayed to his wife's God who was Catholic during a fierce battle which he was losing and then ended up winning |
| Christendom | Christianity as the dominant organizational and cultural force in society |
| Justinian | ruled over the Byzantine Empire, was its last strong emperor, famous for his code, persecuted non-Christians, rebuilt the Hagia Sophia |
| Justinian Code | committee worked for 7 years to create this collection of laws, stated clearly in Latin, became the basis of European law, did manifest a more Christian orientation |
| Usury | lending of money with a charge for interest. Jews forced into money-lending as an occupation because it was illegal for them to own land or participate in many other professions. |
| Hagia Sophia | means Holy Wisdom, a church that Justinian is known for rebuilding because it had been destroyed by fire, took 5 years to rebuild |
| Patrick | son of good Christians, grew up on the western coast of Britain, enslaved in Ireland, becomes bishop of Ireland and brings Christianity to Ireland by establishing monasteries |
| Celts | what the Irish were called |
| illuminations | monks and nuns copied books by hand and embellished them with elaborate and colorful designs, these monks and nuns were from the monasteries that Patrick established in Ireland |
| Brigid | worked in Ireland, she refused to marry, formed a monastic community, founded monastic communities all over Ireland, founded a double monastery, these monasteries were the focus of the spread of Christianity in Ireland |
| Kildare | a monastery founded by Brigid, it was a double monastery one for women and one for men, school connected that offered liberal arts as well as religious studies |
| Benedict | studied law in Rome, became disgusted with his sin so decided to seek God in the silence of the countryside, considered the father of Western Monasticism, Monte Cassino, monastery almost a complete economic unit, balance between prayer and work |
| Monte Cassino | Benedict's famous monastery, formed by a group of men who longed for a more balanced life so that they could combine prayer, meditation, work, and service |
| Scholastica | Benedict's sister, formed a community similar to Benedict's, started a monastery from women |
| Rule of Saint Benedict | Benedict wrote this at Monte Cassino, eventually became the basic guide for religious life and discipline in communities throughout the Western world |
| Gregory the Great | Pope Gregory I, good politician, worked hard to feed the poor, used up much of his own wealth, becomes a monk, becomes abbot, tries to help Constantinople, very corrupt city |
| Gregorian Chant | ordered by Gregory, organized chruch music into a system covering the liturgies of all the feast days as well as the daily prayer of psalms and hymns sung in monasteries, result was a type of music that evolved into this, nourished the faith of the church's people in the West for centuries |
| Augustine of Canterbury | Gregory sent 40 monks to Britain from his monastery in Rome in an attempt to establish some communication between the Christians and those tribes and possibly convert the tribes, this man lead the monks, he was an abbot |
| Muhammad | these followers of this Arab prophet were dedicated to spreading their new religion everywhere |
| Muslims | what Muhammad's followers became known as |
| Islam | what Muhammad's follower's religion became known as |
| "submission to God" | what both Islam and Muslim means |
| Koran | Muhammad's own writings which became the Islamic scriptures and are known as the |
| infidels | what the Muslims referred to those who refused to convert to Islam |
| Moors | Muslims who conquered Spain |
| Charles Martel | prime minister of Gaul, called "mayor of the palace" army met and defeated the invading Muslim army at the city of Tours, near Paris in 732 |
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