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History 1
Challenges to the Catholic Church vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| indulgence | a promise to reduce time spent in purgatory |
| Reformation | a movement that divided the Christian Church in Europe |
| heretic | a person that disagrees with the official church |
| Protestant | a group of Christians who broke away from the Catholic Church |
| transubstantiation | the belief that Jesus Christ is physically present in the bread and wine during Mass. |
| annulment | declaration that a marriage is invalid |
| dissolution | the closure and sale of England's monasteries. |
| litany | a prayer with set responses from worshippers |
| communion | a Protestant religious ceremony in which Christ is present symbolically |
| counter Reformation | the Catholic church's reposnse to the Reformation |
| Jesuit | a new monastic order set up to convert people to Catholicism |
| Regent | a person who rules on behaf of the lawful leader while they are ill or too young. |
| Martin Luther | a former monk who started the Protestant Reformation in Europe |
| Mary Queen of Scots | a rival to the English throne who fled there after her nobles revolted |
| Guy Fawkes | a mercenary and explosive expert who tried to blow up the Parliament |
| the Babbington Plot 1586 | an unsuccessful plot to kill Elizabeth I and replace her with Mary Queen of Scots |
| the Spanish Armada 1588 | failed invasion attempt organisaed by Philip of Spain to restore Catholicism in England |
| the Gunpower plot 1605 | A Catholic plot to blow up Partliament , kill James I and place his daughter on the throne which ended in failure |