Chapter 9 Flashcards
the greatest of the reforming popes; got rid of lay investiture
Gregory VII
friars
“brothers”
What was created in 1059 to ensure that churchmen would be the ones to choose the pope?
The College of Cardinals
members of the Franciscan and Dominican orders
friars
monks who adopted lives of seclusion and strict discipline
Cistercians
a church member who had genuine religious convictions, tried to reform the monastic order, and started the Cistercians
Bernard of Clairvaux
the process of appointing people to the clergy by kings and nobles
lay investiture
What three major weapons were used by the papacy?
- Excommunication
- Interdict
- Inquisition
Which pope did the papacy reach its zenith under?
Innocent III
the selling of church offices (by church officials)
simony
a special church court commissioned by the pope to stamp out heresy
inquisition
“begging” orders; monks lives in poverty and begged for their food
mendicant orders
founder of the Franciscan order
Francis of Assisi
pope who viewed himself as the sun & the kings as the moon; thought the church was more powerful than kings
Innocent III
the punishment of an individual by depriving him of the sacraments and excluding him from the fellowship of the Roman Church
excommunication