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Byzantine Empire Flashcards 2

Terms in this set (10)

Icons
religious images used by eastern christians to aid their devotions
Mosaics
Pictures made with pieces of colored stone or glass
Hagia Sophia
the Cathedral of Holy Wisdom in Constantinople, built by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian
Greek Orthodox Christianity
After the Great Schism in 1054, the Byzantine Empire practiced this religion.
Western Church/ Roman Catholic Church
the Roman religion
- Spoke Latin in liturgy (church services)
-Led by the Pope
- Centered in Rome
Greek orthodox church
The state church of Greece, an autonomous part of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Celibacy
the state of abstaining from marriage and sexual relations
Trinity
Father, Son, Holy Spirit
Great Schism
in 1054 this severing of relations divided medieval Christianity into the already distinct Eastern (Greek) and Western (Latin) branches, which later became known as the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church, respectively. Relations between East and West had long been embittered by political and ecclesiastical differences and theological disputes.
Cyrillic Alphabet
an alphabet drived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages
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