The church ⛪ Flashcards
A painting showing why you should listen to the church
A doom painting
The church hierarchy?
Monk
Priest
Bishop
Arch-bishop
The pope
Were bishops normally very poor and did they work very hard?
No, but priests and monks were
The pope had power over people because…
He was god’s representative on earth, so he was extremely powerful
Bishops have power over people because…
The had lots of money 💰 and were therefore very powerful. They can ask for tax 💰💰💰 and they advise the king 👑 💬
Parish priests were actually quite powerful because…
If you did something against the church they could punish you severely or just let you off the hook if you apologise. So priests could basically bend the law!
Priests can forgive you under…
Canon law
The church caused a lot of…
Corruption
Medieval People were really afraid 😞 of going 😟 to 😫
Hell 🙀🙊😈😈😈😈
If you aren’t good enough for heaven 😇but not bad enough for hell 😈 you go to…
purgatory 😐
Why do you want to minimise your time in purgatory?
Because it is like a waiting room but without the magazines (aka super boredom 😐🙁🙄🥱😥😩😫😵)
There are loads of ways you can minimise your time in purgatory. I think it would be easier to look in your history book (why could no one ignore the medieval church) than make flashcards for this subject.
Ok 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢 turtles
Monks were good because they would…
Help you out if you are in a bad situation (e.g. starving)
Who’s fault was it that Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury died?
Some possible answers:
King Henry the II because he said “Will no-one rid me of this turbulent priest?”
The knights for being over violent
King Henry the second wanted power over the church…
…maybe he killed Thomas on purpose?
