Midterm People

Question 1

Pope Innocent VIII

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granted support to Kramer and Sprenger for the inquisition against witches in 1484

Question 2

Kramer & Sprenger

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published the Malleus Maleficarum in 1484-87 as a handbook to use in witchcraft hunting and trials

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Pope Innocent IV

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authorized the use of torture in getting confessions from heresy cases in 1252

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Pope Gregory IX

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launched condemnations of heresy against Jews, Muslims, and others between 1227-1253

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Catherine of Siena

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Ascetic, mystic, recluse, tertiary; used public standing to write a letter to the pope to reform church, engaged in political debates

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Margery Kempe

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Used high social standing to avoid consequences of being involved in lollardy, mysticism. screamed and cried loudly during religious services

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Angela of Foligno

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obsessed over cleansing herself through drinking blood of Christ, water used to wash lepers. Ascetic, tertiary, recluse; screamed because love of God was so painful

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Julian of Norwich

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Anchorite, mystic; graphic depictions of cruixifiction, association of Jesus with a Motherhood (cats)

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William of Ockham

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Nominalist; simplest belief is the truest belief, limits to reasoning out theology

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John Wycliffe

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established lollardy, warned against corruption that comes from telling others what the Word means

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Thomas Aquinas

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Aristotelian views, honored catholic theologian, though controversial during his lifetime

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Pope Leo XIII

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authorized Aquinas’ teaching as Catholic theology in 1879

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Anselm of Canterbury

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Ontologically proving God’s existence: “because nothing else greater could be thought” & satisfaction atonement theory

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Peter Abelard

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Interprets satisfaction atonement theory through a less bloodthirsty light; Jesus committing a loving sacrifice to unite God and his people

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St Francis of Assisi

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Be faithful to the church while maintaining a critical eye for balance between corruption and poverty

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Bonaventure

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Mystic; all knowing begins with faith and God is hidden within all things

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Hildegard of Bingen

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Mystic nun; published writing and music, in a powerful position (rare) and a scientist

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Dante

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Argued for independent rights of emporer

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Jerome

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Ascetic, translated Vulgate; marriage is not bad, virginity is good, especially for Mary who is always a virgin

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Pope Gelasius

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Church and state have separate authorities; should keep each other in check; in regards to the pope “bow down to divine things”

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Athanasius

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Ascetic & monastic lifestyle; push through physical restrictions to show piety towards God

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Finnian of Clonard

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established penitence as systematic practice in the church

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John Cassian

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Docetism; believed in spark of good within all humans; grace is essential for salvation & free will and grace work together for human advantage

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Florus of Lyons

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Believed in predestination, that nothing is accidental or changed; humans cannot earn God’s grace

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Radbertus

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Eucharist as actual flesh and blood of Christ

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Ratramnus

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Symbolism of Eucharist, that anyone who believes and receives will have Christ’s body revealed to them

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Basil

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Homoousia belief, Father, Son and Spirit are all divine and of the same hypostasis; “Godhead common, Fatherhood particular”

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Gregory of Nazianzus

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Endorses idea of Trinity; God as begetter, Christ as begotten (fully human), Spirit as balance and life-giver, all are eternal yet not equal

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Gregory of Nyssa

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Endorses Trinity as 1 in nature w/ 3 different persons; God is both Son and Father

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Arius

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Jesus and God not homoousia; Son has a beginning, Father does not; Trinity is not equal

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Athanasius

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Christ is eternal, homoousia with God, and came in the flesh (prominent in Council of Nicea)

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Apollinaris

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Christ was not fully human (docetism), divine word replaced human mind

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Nestorius

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Disagreed with theotokos; so focused on two natures of Christ almost forgets their union

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Cyril of Alexandria

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Christ had human body and mind; Mary was the mother of God

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Clement of Alexandria

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Jesus and God are the same; Jesus both divine and human; opposed ascetic and libertine extremes

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Justin Martyr

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Apology appealed to emperor to pardon Christians from atheistic accusations

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Origen

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warned against making assumptions of scripture out of context; find a middle ground between text and experiences

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Tertullian

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God, Son, Spirit united in one nature; helped validate Jesus’s time as a human, if he didn’t actually die there is no meaning; claimed religion and philosophy are at odds

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Ignatius of Antioch

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Opponent of Gnosticism and montanism; died for faith; believed in Jesus’ real humanity

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Iranaeus of Lyons

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tried to refute gnostic heresies, against marcionism; talked about separation of divine powers and physical world

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Eusebius

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Role in Council of Nicea; against montaism; provided history of early practices of communion and baptism

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Paul

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Letters to Romans and Galations, warning against false teachers and detailing what it meant to be a Christian