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Unit 2.2 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Crusades | nine armed expeditions by Christians beginning in 1095 and ending in 1291 to drive Moslems out of the Holy Land |
| Scripture | the "writings" Book determined by the Church to be the Word of God. |
| Religious syncretism | attempt to reconcile or blend beliefs and practices of various religions |
| Sadducees | religious group of Jews in Jesus' day; conservative; rejected teachings NOT from the Torah |
| Pharisees | faith based on Scripture and on Jewish oral tradition. Faith should shape everyday life |
| Essenes | strictest; lived celibately; separated themselves from all who did not live the way they did |
| Zealots | believed that God called them to overthrow the Roman government |
| Gentiles | non-Jews |
| Apostasy | total denial of Christ; disavowal of the Christian faith |
| Purgatory | final purification of all who die in God's grace; final cleansing of all sin |
| Feudalism | governing system during the Middle Ages in which land was granted to a vassal in return for services |
| Protestant reformation | effort to reform the Catholic Church in the 16th century |
| Council of Trent | ecumenical council held in response to Protestant Reformation; Outlined doctrine on matters of authority, sin, and justification; statement on the role of Mary and the saints |