Dark Ages Flashcards
Letters to the church
Epistles
First 4 books about the life of Jesus
Gospels
Court whose primary goal was to purge the church of all heresy.
Inquisition
2nd English bible; most widely read and sold is history.
King James
Period between ancient and modern history
Middle Ages
The act of expressing sorrow for sin by carrying out a prescribed activity for your punishment
Penance
The buying and selling of a church office
Simony
Translation written in Latin from the Hebrew
Vulgate
Translated 1st English bible
John Wycliffe
Bible; 66 books that mean “standard” or model of truth
Canon
Holy communion
Eucharist
1st printed bible
Gutenburg
“Submission to allah”
Islam
“Bible” revelations of Muhammad
Quran
Roman Catholic Church greatest end rival. Challenged for control of Europe. “Followers of Allah”
Muslims
Holding place between heaven and hell
Purgatory
To change to another substance
Transubstantiation
Poor followers of Peter Waldo
Waldeneses
Most powerful and brutal pope. Started the Inquisition
Pope Innocent III
Came to reclaim the holy land for Christians and reunite churches.
Crusades
Cut of from the church, people no longer had to obey you.
Excommunication
The separation of the Roman Catholic Church and the eastern Greek Orthodox Church.
Great schism
The church’s claim that church officials were not under the authority of the secular rulers.
Isidorian decretals
Power of the King to appoint bishops and other church officials
Lay Investiture
Overthrew Byzantine empire and Jerusalem. Slaughtered 3,00 Christian pilgrims. Stopped pilgrimages.
Ottoman Turks
“Outward sign of salvation” rituals expected to perform for salvation.
Sacraments
First 5 books of the OT
Torah
Stopped Muslims from conquering Europe at the battle of tours
Charles Martel
Started the Islam religion. -main prophet
Muhammad
1st part of the Middle Ages. Beginning of 1260 day and year prophesy of papal power and spiritual darkness.
Dark ages
New form of government used during the Middle Ages.
Feudalism
Arian tribes
Heruli
Granted land
Lords
Ones who serves
Serfs
Received land
Vassals
Declared that the church is perfect.
Gregory VII
Powerful pope who started the crusades
Urban II
Order of monks
Dominicans
1st barbarian tribe to accept Christianity
Frank’s
A payment of money which gave a full pardon of sins, past, present and future and a release of the souls of loved ones from purgatory.
Indulgence
Special service that replace the sermon
Mass
Pope given land
Papal States
German holy Roman emperor was excommunicated by pope Gregory VII for the practice of lay investiture.
Henry IV
5 pillars of Islam
- ) No God but Allah
- ) pray 5 times per day
- ) help the poor “alms”
- ) fast till sundown - sunrise
- ) pilgrimage to Mecca
3 criterias
- ) written by a prophet or an apostle
- ) be in harmony with the OT
- ) be recognized by all Christian churches
Reasons for the crusades
- ) reclaim the holy land
2. ) attempt to reunite churches
Results from crusades
- ) ended dark ages
- ) created division between Muslims + Christians
- ) destroyed feud system
- ) exposed an fundamental error with the Roman Catholic Church
Reward for crusades
- ) reduced time in purgatory
2. ) immediate entrance to heaven if killed
Germanic tribes
Barbarians
