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(DMS) Chapter 3
(DMS) The Role fo the Church in medieval Europe
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Religion | spiritual beliefs, values, and practices |
| Roman Catholic Church | the form of Christianity found in medieval Europe |
| excommunicating | the process of being banned from a religion |
| sacraments | Baptism, Communion (Eucharist), Holy Orders, Penance, Matrimony (marriage), Extreme Unction (last rites), Confirmation |
| pilgrimage | a journey to a holy site |
| relics | an object considered holy because it belonged to or touched a saint or other holy person |
| cathedral | a large church headed by a bishop |
| Thomas Aquinas | a theologian and scholar that believed and taught there was no conflict between religion and reason |
| monasticism | the way of life for a monk |
| religious orders | brotherhoods or sisterhoods of monks, nuns, or friars |
| pope | the supreme leader of the Roman Catholic Church |
| clergy | the people, such as priests, that perform religious duties in a church |
| Pope Gregory VII | the pope that excommunicated Henry IV over who could appoint people to religious offices |
| Henry IV | the Holy Roman Emperor who was excommunicated by the pope over who could appoint people to religious offices, and eventually begged forgiveness |
| tithe | a religious tax |