Vocabulary 11-7-16 Flashcards
Anglican
of, relating to, or denoting the Church of England or any Church in communion with it.
95 Theses
propositions for debate concerned with the question of indulgences
Counter Reformation
was the period of Catholic resurgence initiated in response to the Protestant Reformation
Zwingli
was a leader of the Reformation in Switzerland.
Ignatius of Loyola
was a Spanish knight from a local Basque noble family, hermit, priest since 1537, and theologian, who founded the Society of Jesus
Council of Trent
held between 1545 and 1563 in Trento (Trent) and Bologna, northern Italy, was one of the Roman Catholic Church’s most important ecumenical councils
Jesuits
a member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order of priests founded by St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Francis Xavier, and others in 1534, to do missionary work
City-State
city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state
Scientific Revolution
to historical changes in thought & belief
Heliocentic Theory
, is the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets
Roger Bacon
known by the scholastic accolade Doctor Mirabilis
Copernicus
the belief that the earth rotates daily on its axis and the planets revolve in orbits around the sun.
Kepler
German astronomer and mathematician who is considered the founder of celestial mechanics. He was first to accurately describe the elliptical orbits of Earth and the planets around the Sun and demonstrated that planets move fastest when they are closest to the Sun.
Galileo
Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars
Scientific Method
a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
