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Religious Studies
10th Grade
11/15/2006

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What lessons did we learn from the story of the Delany family?
Definition
change can be difficult but it offers opportunity for growth.
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Why do we need to study the history of the church?
Definition
we need to understand the formation and reformation of the church with change and renewal.
Term
who guided the changes in the church with respect to the sacraments?
Definition
the holy spirit
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Define agape. How is agape similar to today’s Mass?
Definition
is a friendship meal; the sharing of bread and wine. It is similar to today’s Mass in that it is the sharing of the bread and wine.
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Define Sacramentum
Definition
is standardized, uniform, sacraments only.
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Define Sacraments
Definition
“signs of a sacred thing.”
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Define Scholasticism
Definition
is where sacraments are causes of grace, necessary for salvation, no new ways of thinking were permitted.
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St. Augustine:
Definition
-Baptism was the putting of a “seal” on a person.
-Sacraments in a broad sense, “signs of a sacred thing.”
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St. Thomas of Aquinas:
Definition
-Sacraments are celebrated as causes of God’s grace (sacred reality).
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The Council of Trent:
Definition
-Was called to address doctrinal challenges of reform.
-It focused on the sacraments.
-sacraments were to be exact about church’s practices and beliefs, and they need
consistency
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Second Vatican Council:
Definition
-its mission was to help the church better respond to the contemporary world
-they examined the work of St. Thomas Aquinas, the early Christians, and biblical
roots
-they questioned the rigidness and recognized the need to open itself up to other
ways of thinking and practicing sacraments
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Emperor Nero:
Definition
-was declared illegal under him
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Emperor Constantine:
Definition
-declared Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire
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Tertullian:
Definition
-used the Latin word Sacramentum and sacramenta
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*Formal elaborate ceremonies in enormous cathedrals
Definition
High Middle Ages
Term
*Keep the Church’s teachings on the sacraments true to the Spirit of Jesus
Definition
20th century/Second Vatican Council
Term
*Christians “Christianized” pagan rituals
Definition
Early Christians
Term
*Protestant Reformation
Definition
High Middle Ages
Term
*The seven sacraments were declared the official sacraments of the church
Definition
High Middle Ages
Term
*No new ways of thinking about the sacraments were permitted
Definition
Council of Trent
Term
*Stressing the correct form of sacramental practice and a magical view of the sacraments led to abuses in the church
Definition
High Middle Ages
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*Time of great intellectual interests and a renewed interest in the sacraments
Definition
High Middle Ages
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*The official Roman missal for the Mass and an official book on the rites were published leading to uniformity in the church.
Definition
Council of Trent
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*People began to see the connections between the sacraments and the mysteries of faith
Definition
Early Christians
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*The church questioned the rigidness and recognized the need to open itself up to other ways of thinking about and practicing the sacraments
Definition
20th century/Second Vatican Council
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*Controversy and division plagued the church
Definition
Dark Ages
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*The church met in small groups underground
Definition
Early Christians
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*Catholic scholars began to look more closely at the teachings of Aquinas, the worship practices of the early church, and the biblical roots of faith
Definition
20th Century/Second Vatican Council
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*Tertullian used the word sacramentum
Definition
Early Christians
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*St. Thomas of Aquinas said that sacraments were celebrated as causes of God’s grace
Definition
High Middle Ages
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*St. Augustine
Definition
Dark Ages
Term
*Insistence on proper performance of the rituals, not the meaning of the ritual.
Definition
High Middle Ages
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Who had the idea of sacraments being administered and received?
Definition
St. Augustine
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What is the most accurate understanding of the sacraments today?
Definition
close to the work of St. Thomas Aquinas.
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Who placed the sacraments into two categories? What were they?
Definition
St. Augustine; They were the Sacraments of the Word (sermons, prayers, scripture readings) and the Sacraments of Action (symbols and rituals).
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Why was there little thinking about the sacraments during the Dark Ages?
Definition
social and cultural upheaval.
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When were there specific rules for celebrating sacraments?
Definition
High Middle Ages
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Why was the Council of Trent called?
Definition
to address doctrinal challenges of reform
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What was the mission of the Second Vatican Council?
Definition
to help the church better respond to the contemporary world.
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What were St. Augustine’s teachings on the sacraments?
Definition
rituals were sacraments, almost anything could be a sacrament or a sign of God, and that some sacraments were more important than others.
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