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Unit 2-Terms
For Elise Edwards' Class (Exam 2 Main Terms) [Baylor]
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
12/12/2013

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Donatism
Definition
~Movement in Roman north Africa (4th-5th century) that developed a rigorist view of the church and its sacraments.

~Believed that schismatic or lapsed bishops were deprived of all ability to administer the sacraments or act as ministers of the Christian church.
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Traditores
Definition
Those who handed over their books
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Schism
Definition
Deliberate breaking away from the church
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Sacraments
Definition
~Church services or rituals that are thought to have been instituted by Jesus Christ, himself.
~Considered means in which God infuses grace into believers
~The outward invisible sign of an inward and spiritual reality
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Pelagianism
Definition
~Heretical understanding of how humans are able to merit salvation
~Places emphasis on the role of human works vs. idea of divine grace
~Condemned at the Council of Epesus
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Concupiscence
Definition
Love and desire for the wrong things which turns humanity away from God
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Imperial Church
Definition
Refers to "of the empire"
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Hagia Sofia
Definition
~"holy wisdom"
~A church built in Constantinople
~Wisdom personified as a woman
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Monophysitism
Definition
Divinity and humanity were united in one nature
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Iconoclasm
Definition
Didactic use of images = using images as a learning tool because most were illiterate but then began to kiss them, pray to them, light candles, etc.
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Iconoclats
Definition
~The breaking of icons
~against Iconoclasm
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Icondules
Definition
~Defender of images
~Lover of images
~supporter of iconoclasm
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Papacy
Definition
Role of the Popes
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Simony
Definition
~The buying or selling of church offices
~Bribery: "buying your way into office"
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Vita Apostolica
Definition
"apolstolic life"
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Filioque
Definition
"proceeds from the father and the son"
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Penance
Definition
The idea is that the church had the power to restore the sinner to a purified state, and they could also "charge" for clearing the sins (so like, reciting things). They have the authority to recognize when sins have been forgiving.
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Purgatory
Definition
~Idea that came from the 12th century
~Where the souls of the dead who could not finish their penances would go.
~Abuse of this system caused major division between many churches
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Chistendom
Definition
Linking Christianity with the ideals of the empire
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Desert Fathers
Definition
Christian hermits, ascetics, and monk who lived mainly in the Scetes of desert Egypt beginning around the 3rd century
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Eremitism
Definition
~"Eremites, hermits, or anchorites"
~Monastic life characterized by withdrawal or seclusion from the world.
~Definitive text = "The life of Anthony"
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Cenobitism
Definition
~"Cenobites"
~Monastic life characterized by religious orders living in communities
~Definitive text = "Pachomian Rule"
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Monks
Definition
~New embodiments of Christian ideals
~Dying to secular world was a new form of martyrdom
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Cistercians
Definition
~Founded in 1098
~Return to the literal amount of St. Benedict
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Friars
Definition
~Work amongst lay people rather than a small community
~Expected to minister throughout the world/mendicant orders (vow to not own property)
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The "Great Orders"
Definition
~*Dominicans (1216)
~*Franciscans (1209)
~Carmelites (1155)
~Augustinians (1244)
~Servites [Servants of Mary] (1240)
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The "Lesser Orders"
Definition
~Trinitarians (1198)
~The Mercedarians (1218)
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Laicization
Definition
Becoming more oriented towards Lay system
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"Second Orders"
Definition
Religious orders for women
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"Third Orders"
Definition
~a.k.a. "Tertiaries"
~Religious lay organizations that followed a rule of monastic order or were ascetic communities without a rule.
~Lived in society rather than a monastery
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Basilica
Definition
Early Christian form of Christian churches
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Cluny
Definition
~Located in the Burgandy region of France
~Its Abbey was the largest church in the world from the 11th-16th century
~Representative of Romanesque architecture
~Founded in 909 during renewal phase
~Had wealth
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Scholasticism
Definition
~1200-1500, an approach to Christian theology associated with the Middle ages
~Emphasizes the rational justification and systematic presentation of Christian theology
~Focus on use of reason
~Building knowledge through discussion
~Skeptical and analytical
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Franciscans
Definition
Emphasize individual and corporate poverty (i.e. Bonaventura, *Duns Scotus, and William of Occam)
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Dominicans
Definition
Emphasized preaching and education (i.e. *Thomas Aquinas, Albert the Great, Peter of Tarantaise)
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Augustinians
Definition
Emphasized that salvation is to be understood as a work of God (i.e. Giles of Rome, Thomas of Strausburg, and *Gregory of Rimini)
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"Ontological"
Definition
Of or relating to Ontology (a particular theory of the nature of being or the things that have existence)
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Transubstantiation
Definition
~Defined at the latter-day council of 1213
~The process where the substance of the bread and the wine is changed into Jesus's body and blood.
~Place more power in the priest
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Cult of Saints
Definition
~Relics (old things connected to the saints)
~Shrines (sites where something important happened)
~feast days
~Hagiography (writing about saints)
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Inquisitions
Definition
~1184-1500
~Heresies -based on political or theological reasons
~Reacted by preaching and repression
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Conversos
Definition
Those who were initially jewish or muslim before converting to Christianity
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Cathars/Albigensians
Definition
~Religious sect that appeared in southern France in 11th century and flourished in 13th
~Adopted Gnostic/Arian views
~Attacked by a crusade
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Waldensians
Definition
~Emerged in southern France in 1170
~Spread to Germany
~Name from wealthy merchant in leon, named waldo
~Argued that preaching should be done in the local language so people would understand
~Were considered a threat to church and deemed a heresy
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Lollards
Definition
~Wyclif argued that the bible should be translated into the English language.
~Supporters were deemed heretical for arguing against the position that only clergymen could interpret the Bible
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Hussites
Definition
Jan Hus
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Beguines
Definition
A political heresy
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"secularization"
Definition
Transformation from religious to non-religious institutions
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misogyny
Definition
the hatred (and fear) of women
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