Chap 5 Vocab Flashcards
Conciliarism
Conciliarism: was a reform movement in the 14th, 15th and 16th century Catholic Church which held that supreme authority in the Church resided with an Ecumenical council, apart from, or even against, the pope.
Indulgences
Indulgences: a remission of the temporal punishment due to sins already forgiven by God.
Renaissance
Renaissance: a cultural rebirth that began in the late Middle Ages. The transitional period between the end of the Middle Ages and the start of the Modern Age
Humanism
Humanism: a philosophy that places an increased emphasis on the importance of the person.
Diet
“diet”: is a formal deliberative assembly-
Merit
MERIT: the reward a person receives from God for cooperating w/ his grace.
Predestination
Predestination: in the heretical sense, predestination is a belief that one’s actions are not only pre-known by God, they are also predetermined.
Divorce and marriage
Divorce & Marriage: The church teaches that a sacramental marriage between Christians in which there has been valid matrimonial consent & consummation is absolutely indissoluble except by death of one of the spouses.
The Protestant reformation
The Protestant Reformation: The great revolt against the Church that spread through Western Europe in the years following Martin Luther’s protest.
Babylonian Captivity of the Church:
Babylonian Captivity of the Church: Began when French King PHILIP IV, refused to obey Boniface VII & had him beaten & sentenced to death. Philip then manipulated the elections.
Clement V
Clement V: installed as Pope… & was the first to move the seat of power to Avignon.
Pope Gregory XI
Pope Gregory XI: moved the Papacy back to Rome (from France) & immediately died.
Urban VI
Urban VI: proposed reform, aided by St Bridget of Sweden & St Catherine of Siena (wanted seat in Rome).
the cardinals rejected him and called him a “false pope”.
Clement VII
Clement VII: the nephew of a French King, (French & Scottish supported). He is known as the antipope: not the true pope. He went back to Avignon and established his own papal court.
Council in Pisa Italy
Council in Pisa, Italy cardinals met to dethrone two rival popes and elect a new Pope… Alexander V… Who set up shop in Pisa, Italy.
Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund of Bohemia:
Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund of Bohemia: convoked the Council of Constance (Switzerland) to resolve the scandal.
Pope Gregory XII
Pope Gregory XII: (recognized by the Church as the legitimate Pope) sent legates to Constance to convoke the council formally (make it legitimate). He abdicated the papal throne of his own free will.
The council deposed all THREE popes.
Pope Martin V
Pope Martin V: eventually elected the cardinals & representatives from five different nations effectively ending the Great Schism of the West.
Council of Basel
Council of Basel: (convoked by Martin V before his death). Pope Eugene IV dissolved the council, but participants refused to leave. Eugene moved the council to Florence to discuss reunion with Greek Christians. Those who refused to assemble at the Pope’s new location deposed him & elected that last anti-Pope, Felix V. The council lingered until the anti-pope resigned…Papal Primacy was reestablished once & for all, triumphing over conciliarism.
Pope Pius II
Pope Pius II: formally condemned conciliarism in 1460 & threatened to excommunicate all who would appeal a general council over the Pope.