Chapters 38,39,41,44 Test Flashcards
Where did St. Frances Xavier spread the Christian religion?
India, Indonesia, and Japan
Mystics
People known for deep union with God in prayer. Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross were mystics.
What is the most famous example of religious music?
J.F. Handel’s “Messiah”
Who pioneered use of the pipe organ in church music?
J.S. Bach
Two of Bernini’s works:
The Ecstasy of St. Teresa
The Piazza of St. Peter’s Church
Matteo Ricci
A Jesuit who studied Chinese language and culture before teaching the Chinese about Christianity
Bartolomeo de las Casas
The first to reject the encomiendo system. Became a bishop and worked to ban slavery in the Spanish Empire.
Encomiendo
Contracted plantation and its workers. Basically legal slavery.
Reductions
“Little cities” created by Jesuits. They lead the Guarini natives into the jungles of Paraguay to help them create cities and escape enslavement.
Philosophes
“Philosophers” in France who aggressively called for Enlightenment
Enlightenment
To leave the “darkness” of faith and superstition to follow the “light” of reason.
Deism
Reasonable belief in an all-powerful being who created the world, and then let it run by itself.
Voltaire
A philosophe. Wrote Candide, a satire against the Christian belief in Providence.
Providence
The idea that a loving God watches over us
Jean-Jacque Rousseau’s new principle of morality
“Do what is best for yourself with the least possible harm to others.”
