Church Issues Flashcards
1309-77 Babylonian Captivity
Papacy moved from Rome to Avignon, France
Rome loses money due to tourist loss
Papacy
Official Authority of the church
What does the Babylonian Captivity lead to?
The great Schism
Hint: Schism means division betwen opposed parties
1378-1417: great schism
Where will the pope always be based in?
Why is it important
2 popes (theres only supposed to be one)
one pope is based in avignon and one is from rome (at one point there was another)
Eventually one gets elected and it is always based in rome
Important because it hurts the rep of the church
Simony
characteristics of it
People bribing the pope to get good church jobs
(Pluralism & absentism) BUT LOTS OF MONEY
Indulgences
people paying money to the church to be forgiven of their since or getting relatives of purgatory
purgatory
heaven/hell waiting room after death. Used indulges to get people out of this
PLuralism
people holding many church offices collecting lots of salaries
who is John Wycliffe?
First/Second JohN? (hint)
What did he believe (2 things)
First John. British
Believed church should only do shit in the bible because since they were untruthful to the bible, they were able to gain so much power
Wnated english version of bible since it was only in latin so people could read the bible
Who is John Hus?
First/secon john?
What did he want
what did he impact
What happened to him
second. from prague (czech republic)
Wnated the bible in the vernacular (language of his people
stirred up czech nationalistic pride
Church was worried so they invited him to a meeting and he got burned
What is Lay Piety / Lay people
what did they do in the 1400s
regular church goers
Some began forming their own little churches
by this time, kings are slowly gaining power
