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Medieval Europe Unit
Roman Catholic Church
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| religion | a set of spiritual beliefs, values, and practices |
| Jesus | Jewish religious teacher whose life, death and resurrection are the basis of Christianity |
| crucifixion | the execution of a person by nailing or binding them to a cross |
| persecute | to cause a person to suffer because of his or her beliefs |
| Roman Catholic Church | the Christian Church headed by the Pope in Rome |
| monastery | a community of monks |
| missionary | people who work to spread their religious beliefs |
| clergy | leaders of the church |
| pope | the leader of the Roman Catholic Church |
| hierarchy | a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority |
| tithe | to tax; the action of someone paying 10% of their income or earnings to support the church and clergy |
| subject | a person who lives or owes allegiance to a sovereign power (monarch); |
| sacrament | a sacred rite of the Christian religion |
| afterlife | the idea that the soul lives on after the body's death |
| salvation | the saving of one's soul from sin and its consequences |
| baptism | a Christian sacrament; the act symbolizing purification or renewal and admission into the Christian Church; sprinkling of water on a person's forehead or immersing them in water |
| pilgrimage | a journey to a holy site |
| relics | the body parts or belongings of saints |
| Canterbury Tales | a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century; the stories are of a group of people from all different walks of life on a pilgrimage from London to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury |
| Crusades | a series of holy wars from 1096 – 1280CE undertaken by European Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule |
| Holy Land | Jerusalem and parts of the surrounding area where Jesus lived and taught |
| Jerusalem | the holy city for Jews, Christians and Muslims |
| cathedral | a towering church built during the Middle Ages; With which the Bishop is officially associated |
| flying buttress | a masonry structure typically that consist of arches spreading massive weight of soaring roofs and walls |
| gargoyle | decorative stone sculptures projecting from the rain gutters or edges of a cathedral roof; usually carved in the form of mythical beasts |
| rhetoric | the art of argument |
| Thomas Aquinas | an Italian scholar of philosophy and theology; He tried to bridge the gap between reason and faith |
| natural law | the concept that there is a universal order built into nature that can guide moral thinking |
| saint | a person who has died and been officially recognized and honored by the Christian Church |
| resurrection | rising from the dead |
| monk | member of a religious community of men typically under the vow of poverty, chastity and obedience |
| scriptorium | library writing room |
| religious order | a brotherhood or sister hood of monks, nuns, or Friars |
| nun | member of a religious community of women typically under the vow of poverty, chastity and obedience |
| convent | a community of nuns |
| friar | a man who is devoted to a religious life in the Catholic Church however works among the general population of people; Does not live in seclusion of a monastery; Is supported by donations and other charitable causes |
| excommunicate | to officially kick someone out of a church or religious group |
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jenine.haines