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Role of The Church
The Role of The Church Study Guide for social studies.
Term | Definition |
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Cathedral | Definition: A large and important church. Helpful Hint: Cathedral- Church The C’s are the same. |
Clergy | Definition: The body of people, such as priests, who perform the sacred functions of a church. Helpful Hint: Priests |
Excommunicate | Definition:To formally deprive a person of membership in a church. Helpful Hint:They don’t let that person go back to the church, they kick them out. |
Monasticism | Definition: A way of life in which men and women withdraw from the rest of the world in order to devote themselves to their faith. Helpful Hint: Just focus on faith, and shut out the rest of the world. |
Monk | Definition:A man who has taken a solemn vow to devote his life to prayer and service in a monastery. Helpful Hint: A Guy who gives his entire life by praying and going to a community of monks. |
Nun | Definition:A woman who has taken a sacred vow to devote her life to prayer and service to the church. Helpful Hint:A woman who has gave her life to God by prayer and going to church. |
Persecute | Definition:To cause a person to suffer because of his or her beliefs. Helpful Hint:Making a person be in pain for what they believe. |
Pilgrimage | Definition:A journey to a holy site. Helpful Hint:Visiting somewhere holy. |
Monastery | Definition: A community of monks. Helpful Hint: A bunch of monks. |
Rhetoric | Definition: The study of persuasive writing and speaking. Helpful Hint:Studying persuasive writing and speaking. |
Sacrament | Definition: A solemn rite of Christian churches. Helpful Hint: A pure ceremony of Christian churches. |
University | Definition: A school of advanced learning. Helpful Hint:Like a college. |
Theology | Definition:The study of God and religious truth. Helpful Hint:The study of God and the bible. |