Religion Flashcards

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Catholic capital of France

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Lyon

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2
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3 challenges to the Catholic Church

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Protestantism, secularism and islam

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Famous second bishop of Lyon and author of Against Heresies

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Saint Irénée

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4
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Lyon slave killed for her faith and Patron saint of Lyon

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Sainte Blandine

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5
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Developer of Christianity in Roman Gaul

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Saint Martin

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6
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Converted the pagan king of Franks, Clovis, to Christianity

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Saint Rémi

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7
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Developed the Cistercian order ; prolific writer

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Bernard de Clairvaux

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8
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Created a theological college in Paris called the Sorbonne that became the backbone of the University of Paris

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Robert de Sorbon

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9
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Great Dominican theologian and philosopher and the greatest Catholic philosopher

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Thomas Aquinas

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Organizes French resistance against English in 100 Years War and Burnt in 1431 after a biased trial for heresy

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Joan of Arc

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11
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Replaced Rome to become a home to the popes during the schism in the 14th century

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Avignon

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Developer of French Protestantism, a Frenchman who had to emigrate to Switzerland (Geneva), Second most important Protestant after Martin Luther AND Most influential Frenchman in history !

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John Calvin

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13
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30 years of wars of religion

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1562-1598

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For tolerance of Protestants. Established by Henri IV in 1598 and Rescinded by Louis XIV in 1695

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Edict of Nantes

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15
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The socialist law authorizing gay marriage generated huge Catholic-led demonstrations in 2013 known as

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La Manif pour tous

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16
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Were French colonies until the 1950s

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Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia

17
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Famous Jewish businesspeople

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(Rothschild), Politics (Blum), philosophy (Bergson)