Key Words Flashcards
Piety/Pietous
Very religious
Laity
Ordinary peoppe
Mysticism
Relationship between God and a Religious person
Renaissance
Rebirth of Ideas
Lollards
Earliest people who challenged the Church without Pope
Chantry/Chantries
Place where masses would be help to pay for people to pray and sing for the dead
Corpus Christi
Body of Christ
Papacy
Office held by the Pope
Sacraments
Rituals that should be completed in order to fully live a religious life / get closer to God
Eucharist
The giving of the Body and Blood of Christ
Parish
District within a diocese that has its own priest or pastor
Guilds and confraternities
Voluntary associates individuals created to promote works of Christian Charity
Pilgrimage
A journey to a significant holy place (in order to become closer with God)
Monastery
A holy buildings where monks would stay (and usually take care of the sick)
Erastian
The State should genuinely have power over the Church
Heresy
Denial of validity of key doctrines of the Church
Anticlericalism
Opposition to the Church in political roles/non religious matters
Humanism
Rational outlook/system of thought attaching prime important to human rather than divine/supernatural matters
Intercession
Action of saying prayer on behalf of another, role of Priest to intervene with God on behalf of individuals
Purgatory
The place/time you spend before going to heaven
Transubstantiation
Catholic belief that the process of which the bread and wine BECOMES the body and blood of Christ (after blessing)
Diocese
A district under the pastoral care of a bishop in the Christian Church
Grace
Pure state a soul needed to be in to enter heaven
Clergy
Group of religious officials
