End of Ch 10-Ch 11 WH Flashcards
the byzantine empire created what church
Eastern Orthodox Church
worship service and beliefs in the orthodox church
Liturgy
translated church liturgy into slavic language
Cyril
was preserved through the church for future translations
The Greek N.T.
most influential church of the dark ages
Church of Rome
declared around 175,that every church must answer to the RRC
Irenaeus
the pastor or overseer of each church
bishop
Peter was the first bishop of the RRC
Petric Theory
The Petric theory evolved into what position
The pope
issued his famous doctrine of the “two swords,”
Pope Gelasius I
separating civil and ecclesiastical authority and making the pope and the bishops supreme over all human rulers in matters relating to God
two swords
the first medieval pope
Gregory I
he used the shamrock (a national symbol of Ireland) as an illustration of the Trinity. He also fought successfully against the wicked Druids [droƈdz], a cult of pagan sorcerers who tried to mislead the Celtic peoples
Patrick
means of grace
sacraments
cut off from the church
excommunicated
the juice and bread actually becomes his body and blood
transubstantiation
alleged fragments from the cross or the crown of thorns, objects from the Holy Land, or even the teeth of dead saints
relics
deceased Christians officially recognized by the church as holy because of martyrdom, miracles, or other merits
saints
certificates from the pope that excused a person from doing penance and shortened the required stay in purgatory
indulgances
a place of fire where the souls of penitent sinners remained after death to be purged of sin and rendered fit for Heaven
purgatory
a Latin translation completed by the church leader Jerome in 405, was just about the only version available in the Middle Ages
vulgate
gave the English people the Bible in their own tongue by translating it from Latin to English and having copies written out by hand
John Wycliffe
translated the bible into french
Peter Waldo
withdrawing from society to live in solitude
monasticism
Men who practice monasticism
monks
women that practice monasticisim
nuns
monks that lived in the wilderness
hermits
abstinence from marriage
celibacy
religious communities isolated from the rest of society
monasteries
monasteries for nuns
convents
Life in a monastery followed rigid rules what were they
orders
the head of the monastery
abdot
lived like other monks except that they preached and did missionary work outside the monasteries.
friars
The two most prominent orders of friars
Franciscans,Dominicans
first empire in europe after the fall of rome
Franks
the first great Frankish military and political leader
clovis
used christianity as a political tool
clovis
the line of kings after clovis that basically did nothing for the kingdom
Merovingians
he chief official of the royal household
Mayor of the Palace
The most famous Mayor of the Palace (defeated the moors)
Charles Martel
what battle did Charles Martel defeat the Moors
Battle of Tours
what year was the battle of tours
732
felt that since he was doing the job of a king, he should have the title of king, but he needed a basis for this claim and went to the church for it
Pepin the Short
The alliance between the Frankish rulers and the papacy, initiated by the conversion of Clovis and consummated by Pepin the Short, was to influence the course of European history not only during the Middle Ages but well into the modern age.
Papal States
