chapter9 Flashcards
anglican
of, relating to, or denoting the Church of England or any Church in communion with it.
95 theses
The Ninety-five Theses or Disputation on the Power of Indulgences are a list of propositions for an academic disputation written by Martin Luther in 1517.
counter reformation
the reform of the Church of Rome in the 16th and 17th centuries that was stimulated by the Protestant Reformation.
zwingli an
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Ulrich or Huldreich , 1484–1531, Swiss Protestant reformer.
ignatius of loyal
Saint Ignatius of Loyola was a Spanish priest and theologian, who founded the religious order called the Society of Jesus and became its first Superior General
council of trent
The Council of Trent (Latin: Concilium Tridentinum), held between 1545 and 1563 in Trento (Trent) and Bologna, northern Italy, was one of the Roman Catholic Church ‘s most important ecumenical council
jesuits
a member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order of priests founded by St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Francis Xavier, and others in 1534, to do missionary work.
city-state
a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
scientific revolution
the period of advances in science that was at its height in the 17th century and produced widespread change in traditional beliefs held since the Middle Age
heliocentic theory
measured or considered as being seen from the center of the sun.
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having or representing the sun as a center:
roger bacon
Roger Bacon, OFM, also known by the scholastic accolade Doctor Mirabilis, was an English philosopher and Franciscan friar who placed considerable emphasis on the study of nature through empirical methods.
copernicus
Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)
kepler
crater on the Moon in Oceanus Procellarum, 32 km20 mi in diameter
galileo
an American space probe to Jupiter launched in 1989. It reached the vicinity of Jupiter in 1995 and released a probe which descended into Jupiter’s atmosphere.
scientific method
a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
