MIDTERM L3 Flashcards
In 410, Rome was captured and sacked by the ____ (were
the western branches of the nomadic tribes of Germanic peoples
referred to collectively as the Goths)
Visigoths
To those who were faithful to the old pagan religion of Rome,
such misfortune was deemed as a “_____ for abandoning
the old religion”
punishment
A court established by the Roman Catholic Church in the
thirteenth century to try cases of heresy and other offenses
against the church. Those convicted could be handed over
to the civil authorities for punishment, including execution
Inquisitions
Inquisition, ______ was exercised
prudence
purpose of the Inquisition
to fight the Reformation, and run from
the Vatican, doesn’t come to an end until the 20th century
Events &
Circumstances Leading to Reformation
BLACK DEATH
Papal Controversy
Unworthy Popes on the Throne of Peter
came from a “corrupt Borgia family…
infamous for his political intrigues, mistresses and children. Often
used his children’s marriages to make political alliances and held
lavish orgies in the papal palace after their wedding
Pope Alexander VI,
went beyond his claim in saying that he is “the Lord
of the World,” a semidivine figure who was “below God but above
man”
Innocent III
a
monetary payment of penalty which, supposedly, absolved one of
past sins and/or released one from purgatory after death.
selling indulgences
selling indulgences vs
VS COUNCIL OF TRENT
abolished the sale of indulgences
in 1567. The system and its underlying theology otherwise
remained intact.
Pope Pius V
Martin Luther nailed his famous _______________on the door of the
Church at Wittenberg as his “protest” to the Catholic
Church
ninety-five theses
(Sola Gratia
God’s grace alone
Sola Fide
, through faith alone
Sola Scriptura
Scripture alone
Scripture alone
Lutheran theology
Martin Luther’s successor
John Calvin
John Calvin Was the Protestant reformer known for his influential
writing, __________________, which
eventually became a “ handbook of Protestant doctrine”
Institutes of the Christian Religion
he taught that “God has already
determined out destiny… and that God indeed allows
many to be damned to manifest divine justice
PREDESTINATION
Society of Jesus who “sought to be the servants of the Church par
excellence – initiated by
Ignatius of Loyola
who convoked the Council, oversaw the first
eight sessions
Pope Paul III
twelfth to sixteenth
sessions (1551– 52) were overseen by
Pope Julius III
seventeenth to twenty-fifth sessions (1562–63) by
Pope Pius IV
The declaration and decision promulgated by the Council
of Trent exercised lasting influence on the Catholic Church
for the next four hundred years, until the time of the
Second Vatican Council was convened
PostTridentine Era
