Final Exam Review

Question 1

Cathars

Answer 1

Anti-Materialist, opposition between good and evil

Question 2

Carthusians

Answer 2

away from urban centers, prayer, work and meditation

Question 3

Humiliati

Answer 3

Italian group whose focus serving the poor

Question 4

Waldensians

Answer 4

personal piety, emphasis on confession and the Trinity

Question 5

Hesychasm

Answer 5

unceasing prayer and body breathing that makes a mythical experience via God’s energies

Question 6

Neoplatonism

Answer 6

3 divine principles: The One (being), the Divine Intellect, and the World Soul (living), evil is not a substance but a lack of good

Question 7

Platonism

Answer 7

anything that exists is inherently good, and anything that lasts > than temporary things

Question 8

Manichaeism

Answer 8

cosmic dualism (good/light vs bad/darkness), elects who do nothing to separate good particles from bad

Question 9

The Schism of 1054

Answer 9

growing apart of E & W churches because of trinitarian debates (E= triangle, W=top-down)

Question 10

Franciscans

Answer 10

St. Francis created, inquisitors who emphasized poverty/humility

Question 11

Dominicans

Answer 11

Teaching & preaching, emphasis on community