Chapter 7 Section 3

Question 1

Sacrament

Answer 1

A sacred ritual of the Roman Catholic Church.

Question 2

Benedictine Rule

Answer 2

Rules drawn up in 530 by Benedict, a monk, regulating monastic life. The Rule emphasizes obedience, poverty, and chastity and divides the day into periods of worship, work, and study.

Question 3

Secular

Answer 3

Having to do with worldly, rather than religious, matters.

Question 4

Papal Supremacy

Answer 4

The claim of medieval popes that they had authority over all secular rulers.

Question 5

Canon Law

Answer 5

The body laws of a church.

Question 6

Excommunication

Answer 6

Exclusion from the Roman Catholic Church as a penalty for refusing to obey Church law.

Question 7

Interdict

Answer 7

In the Roman Catholic Church, excommunication of an entire region, town, or kingdom.

Question 8

Friar

Answer 8

A medieval European monk who traveled from place to place preaching to the poor.

Question 9

St. Francis of Assisi

Answer 9

Founded the first order of friars, the Franciscans. Giving up his comfortable life, he devoted himself to preaching the Gospels and teaching by his own example of good works.

Question 10

Pilgrimage

Answer 10

Religious journeys.

Question 11

Baptism

Answer 11

Marked entrance into the community of the church.

Question 12

Monastery

Answer 12

Places where monks lived and prayed as well as places of work and study.

Question 13

Convent

Answer 13

Places where monks and nuns devoted their entire lives to spiritual goals.