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Medieval Church
Term | Definition |
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Pope | leader of the Roman Catholic Church |
Monks | men who devoted their lives to spiritual goals |
Nuns | women who devoted their lives to spiritual goals |
Monastery | a religious community where monks lived, worked & worshipped |
Literacy | the ability to read and write |
Sacraments | the sacred rites and rituals of the Christian Church |
Tithe | a tax paid to the church equal to 1/10 of a person's earnings |
Excommunication | to be excluded from the church community and denied the sacraments |
Doom Painting | a picture showing what heaven and hell were like |
Secular | non-religious |
Pilgrimage | a journey to a holy place |
pagan | a follower of a polytheistic religion |
Christiandom | the large community of Christians spread across the world. |
Missionary | a person who tries to convert people to a particular religion |
Illuminated Manuscript | beautifully illustrated writings of bible scenes created by monks |
Convent | a religious community where nuns lived, worked & worshipped |
Priest | served and taught in the local church, administered the sacraments, and collected tithes |
Bishop | supervised & ordained priests and settled disputes |
Archbishop | supervised bishops, advised & elected popes |
purgatory | a temporary place of punishment between heaven and hell where some souls must go to purify before being accepted into heaven |