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Church- Medieval Church
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Religious Studies
11th Grade
01/13/2009

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Term
St. Patrick
Definition

Irish

sold into slavery as a young boy, escapes after a vision

 

returns as a bishop after another vision telling him to return to the Irish to preach the Word of God

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Theodora

Definition

Grew up in Hippodrome

Went to Alexandria, conversion while there

Back to Hippodrome, marries Justinian

 Becomes empress, helps monophysite bishops

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Charlemagne
Definition
crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo II
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Feudal System
Definition
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Eastern & Western Churches Split
Definition

Reasons:

  • crowning of Holy Roman Emperor
  • Holy Roman Emperor inserts Filioque
  • Dispute authority of the pope
  • language & culture
  • confirmation
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Cluny reform movement
Definition

against simony & land abuse

 

originally simple place to follow Rule of Benedict, later reformed other houses too

 

Goal eventually became to rid the church of obligation to secular leaders

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Pope Gregory VII
Definition
Tried to give Pope authority over selection of bishops
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King Henry IV
Definition

Opposed Gregory VII, saying that he believed secular leaders should choose bishops

called upon Divine right of Kings

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Thomas Beckett

Definition

killed by Henry IV's knights

martyr

recognized for standing up to the state

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Crusade Wars
Definition

1095 Urban II

Goal: take back Jerusalem

 

1st- unorganized peasant chaos

2nd- military won but huuuuge massacre

4th- military, rerouted to constantinople and sacked the city

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St. Thomas Aquinas
Definition
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Scholasticism

Definition
System of theological & philosophical teaching in the middle ages, ask theoretical Q's and try to answer
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Simony
Definition
buying & selling Church positions
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Lay investiture
Definition
appointment of church leaders by secular rulers
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Functions of cathedrals
Definition
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