 | Term | Definition |
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monastic life |
a life dedicated to prayer, work, study, and the needs of society |
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monastery |
a place where monks or nuns live |
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evangelical counsels |
poverty, chastity, and obedience |
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ecclesial |
of or relating to the church |
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Anthony of Egypt |
Who 1st began monasteries? |
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life dedicated to prayer, work, study, and the needs of society |
What is the definition of monastic life? |
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Basil the Great |
Name the father of Eastern Monasticism? |
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Benedict of Nursia |
Name the father of Western Monasticism? |
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he founded the Cistercian order, extremely strict rule of prayer, manual labor, and simple living |
What is Bernard of Clairvaux known for? |
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many people wanted to live a life of faith more fully |
Why were people attracted to the monastic life? |
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prayer and work |
What does "ora et labora" mean? |
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weak leadership, widespread corruption, immoral behavior |
Why was the Roman Empire in danger of collapse? |
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barbarians |
What were invaders called? |
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goths, Visigoths, vandals, huns |
Name some invading tribes |
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decline in housing, security, healthcare; food was scarce, loss of learning, paganism, death |
List results of the empire's collapse |
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well educated, made treaties with Barbaric tribes, sent missionaries |
Describe Gregory the Great |
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people who lived on Gaul which is present day France, leader was Clovis |
who were the Franks and who was their leader? |
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cyril and methodius |
Name two Christian missionaries who brought Christianity to Europe? |
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bringing hope and peace to others by aiding people in need, by praying for the world and its needs |
How does the Church strengthen the world today? |
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governing body |
define hierarchy |
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biggest contribution was to education. He opened new schools to everyone, encouraged the development of libraries to preserve and copy ancient books |
list Charlemagne's main contributions |
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because their ruling affects many people, leadership has an impact on future generations and we want them to remember that their authority co |
Why should we pray for civil and Church leaders? |
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Eadtern Orthodox Church |
What is the name of the Eastern Church that does not accept the pope? |
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pilgrimage |
a journey to a shrine or other holy place for spiritual and devotional reasons |
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simony |
the buying and selling of spiritual things, spiritual services, or Church offices |
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excommunication |
a severe penalty imposed by the Church for serious sins against the Catholic religion; it excludes participation in the sacraments |
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lay investiture |
illicit practice by secular leaders to invest, or empower, a church leader with authority |
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Christendom |
the cultural and political atmosphere that came into existence during the High Middle Ages in Europe when nearly everyone was Catholic and Catholicism influenced every aspect of people's lives |
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transubstantiation |
the term used to describe the changing of the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ that takes place during the consecration of the Mass, by the power of the Holy Spirit through the words and actions of the priest |
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medieval period |
What is another name for the Middle Ages? |
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tall, thin walls with large windows; flying buttresses, stained glass windows, built in shape of cruciform |
Describe the architecture of cathedrals built at this time |
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to illustrate stories from the bible and lives of the saints |
What was the purpose of stained glass windows? |
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Pope Urban II |
Who called the first crusade? |
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to get back the holy land from the Muslims |
What was the intent or purpose of the crusades? |
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approximately 300 years |
How long did the Crusades last? |
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no |
Were the Crusades successful? |
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an excuse to kill Muslims and Jews; were very violent; used force to spread Christianity; hurt the reputation of the Church; looted large cities; caused ill will between eastern and western world |
List some negative results of the crusades |
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promoted cultural, economic, and technological growth throughout Europe; brought back new ideas, inventions and renewed appreciation for ancient learning |
List some positive results of the Crusades. |
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a system that organized society strictly by social class and land ownership; serfs, vassals, and overlords |
Define feudalism |
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direct successors of the apostles |
What is apostolic succession? |
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Gregory VII, forbade lay investiture, introduced celibacy to priest and banned all forms of simony |
What Pope tried to reform the Church and what did he do? |
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Fourth Lateran Council |
What great council initiated reform in the high Middle Ages? |
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Inquisition |
Name the Church court formed to investigate heresy |
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it investigated people who were accused of heresy; imposed fines, imprisoned people, torture, death |
Describe the Inquisition |
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unjust situations, conditions, negative impact on society and its institutions including the Church |
What was the result of the Inquisition? |
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increase of poor people in cities, no social structures in place to care for the poor, increase social problems, people began to fall away from faith, priests were poorly trained and led unholy lives |
List some social problems of the high Middle Ages? |
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St. Thomas Aquinas; wrote great books on theology |
Who is one of the Church's greatest theologians and what did he write? |
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