Chapter 1 Test: 8/26 Flashcards
Structure of Catholic Church
Presbyters- priests of local villages
Bishop- over a diocese (a cluster of churches)
Archbishop- in charge of several diocese
Patriarch- in charge of several Archbishops
5 Patriarchal Cities of the Time
Constantinople, Rome, Alexandria, Jerusalem, and Antioch
7 Sacrements
- baptism
- confirmation (become adult church member)
- penance (confession to priest)
- Holy Eucharist (communion)
- Extreme Unction (last rights)
- matrimony (only Catholics marry eachother)
- Holy Orders (priests, nuns, monks)
Capital of HRE
Aix-La-Chapelle
Clovis
First German King to become Catholic
Charles Martel
wins battle of Tours which stops the Muslims from entering into Europe
Pepin the Short
makes a deal with the Pope where he will give him land if the Pope supports him as king
Charlemagne
becomes king after a deal with the Pope; now Pope’s will claim they have power to choose the king
Petrine Theory
Peter was head of the church on Earth as Jesus’ successor, the Pope is Peter’s successor, therefore the Pope has the power of Jesus on Earth
Donation of Constantine
Emperor of Constantine endowed the Bishop of Rome as governor of the city. Later to be found as forgery.
Asceticism
denial to one’s self of lawful pleasure or the infliction upon one’s self of unnecessary hardships in order to discover some hidden truth through some form of supernatural revelation
St. Anthony of Egypt
first monk; creates Antonian System
St. Basil of Greece
establishes first montestary
purposes of montestaries
- manual labor
2. worship
St. Benedict
founder of Latin monasticism: chastity, poverty, labor, worship in montestaries
Uliflas
missionary sent to convert goths; first to translate the Bible into German
King of Kent
first English king to be converted to Catholicism
Council of Chalcedon
purpose: to discuss the nature of Christ
Eastern: Christ totally divine, not man at all
Western: Christ was divine AND man
important factors of the split of the Catholic church
icons (images, pictures, statues of Jesus)
Pope of Rome and Constantinople excommunicate eachother
3 fields system
only two fields are used by farmers a year while the other one cultivates as the fields are rotated yearly
merchant guilds
association within town of merchants
could tax non-member merchants
set standards, prices, rules, and regulations
craft guilds
establish wages, standards
apprentice–> journeyman –> master craftsman