Key Saints, Theologians, and Movements in Church History

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Domingo de Guzman, founder of the Order of Preachers

St. Dominic

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known as the Father of Scholasticism

St. Anselm of Canterbury

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he was captured and imprisoned by Perugians at age 16

St. Francis Assisi

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he advocated for incorporating Aristotle into Church teaching

St. Thomas Aquinas

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he met with the Sultan of Syria in 1219

St. Francis Assisi

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proposed an Ontological Argument for proof of God's existence

St. Anselm of Canterbury

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he initiated devotion to the Rosary

St. Dominic

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Pope Innocent III had a dream of THIS FRIAR saving his cathedral, St. John Lateran

St. Francis Assisi

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these 2 are founders of Mendicant orders

St. Dominic and St. Francis Assisi

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many believed her to be the Maid of Lorraine

St. Joan of Arc

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author of "The Dialogue of Divine Providence" and 1st woman to be declared a Doctor of the Church

St. Catherine of Siena

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said, "People are hanged sometimes for speaking the truth."

St. Thomas More

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this Spanish Carmelite wrote "The Way of Perfection" as a guidebook for prayer

St. Teresa of Avila

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this Polish Carmelite was arrested by the Gestapo and killed in the gas chambers of Auschwitz

St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

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the conversion of St. Francis of Assisi took place in which church?

San Damiano

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"A joyful heart is more easily made perfect than a downcast one."

Philip Neri

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Chancellor of England, beheaded for refusing to sign the Act of Supremacy

Thomas More

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a secret Lutheran, this Archbishop of Canterbury had served as confessor of Anne Boleyn

Thomas Cranmer

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he was "A Man for All Seasons"

Thomas More

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known as the "Reformer of Rome"

Philip Neri

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archbishop of Milan who served the poor in his diocese

Charles Borromeo

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this Spanish Carmelite wrote "Dark Night of the Soul"

John of the Cross

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named "Defensor Fidei" by Pope Leo X in 1520

Henry VIII

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"cornered" Martin Luther in the debate at Leipzig

Johann Eck

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Martin Luther acknowledged which two sacraments?

baptism & eucharist

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wrote "Dialogue on the 2 Chief Systems of the World"

Galileo

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this Polish priest proposed a heliocentric model of the universe

Nicolas Copernicus

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came up with the formula for planetary motion

Johannes Kepler

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wrote "Discourse on Method" which dealt with systematic doubt; "Cogito ergo sum."

Rene Descartes

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Augustinian abbot; father of modern genetics

Gregor Mendel

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proposed the "Cosmic Egg / Primeval Atom" theory

Georges Lemaitre

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bishop; developed paleontology as a science

Nicholas Steno

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founder of the heresy, Quietism

Miguel Molinos

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enlightened despot, "Everything for the people; nothing by the people."

Joseph II

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"Man was born free, but everywhere he is in chains."

Rousseau

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a harsh critic of the Church, he argued for a natural religion & natural morality

Voltaire

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founded the Jesuit Order (Society of Jesus)

St. Ignatius Loyola

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a Jesuit, known for his missionary zeal, traveling as far as India and China

St. Francis Xavier

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this Cardinal-priest led the "Oxford Movement"

St. John Henry Newman

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this pope condemned Modernism as "the compendium of all heresies"

St. Pius X

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this "pope of the Eucharist" encouraged daily reception of communion and lowered the age minimum from 14 to 7

St. Pius X

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he saved over 6,000 POW's and Jews in Rome during WWII

Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty

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the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in Computer Science

Sr. Mary Kenneth Keller

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received a vision from the Blessed Mother in Lourdes, France

St. Bernadette Soubirous

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this Franciscan was martyred by lethal injection in Auschwitz

St. Maximilian Kolbe

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this Franciscan founded 9 mission along the California coast

St. Junipero Serra

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viewed religion as merely a psychological experience, rather than objective truth

Modernism

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based on principles of natural law, this heresy approved of anything enlightened, efficient and reasonable

Liberalism

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called a "Church within a Church," this movement looked to the pope for support and leadership while ignoring local bishops

Ultramontanism

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denied any divine intervention or providence; God is simply a "great watchmaker"

Deism

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which of the following IS NOT a discovery of Galileo?

rings of Jupiter

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what is this image called?

God the Geometer

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reference to Revelation 12:1

moon

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symbol for Aztec royalty and the sky

blue-green veil/shawl

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color worn by Aztec princesses; symbolizes earth

pink flowers

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she announces God who is greater than Huitzilopochtli

sun rays

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symbol of Mexico, holding earth & sky

angel

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"en cinta" - shows she is with child

black ribbon

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symbolizes her virginity

hair style

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"mestiza"; she is not God

hands

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convinced Gregory XI to return to Rome in 1377

St. Catherine of Siena

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wrote "Spiritual Exercises" guidebook

St. Ignatius Loyola

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the Summa Theologiae is regarded as his greatest work

St. Thomas Aquinas

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which of the following IS NOT an Evangelical Counsel?

stability

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held that reason alone provides knowledge, based on empirical data

Francis Bacon

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Jesuit who observed the diffraction of light

Francis Grimaldi

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the Martyrs of ____ were 16 Carmelites guillotined for refusing to swear the oath to the Republic of France

Compiegne

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TIME PERIOD: Vatican I

1800's

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TIME PERIOD: Vatican II

1900's

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TIME PERIOD: Apollo 8

1900's

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TIME PERIOD: Dogma of the Immaculate Conception declared

1800's

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TIME PERIOD: Reign of Terror

1700's

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TIME PERIOD: Galileo makes his discoveries

1600's

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TIME PERIOD: Pius XI writes "Mit Brennender Sorge"

1900's

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TIME PERIOD: Notre Dame cathedral renamed "Temple of Reason & Liberty"

1700's

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TIME PERIOD: start of the Protestant Reformation

1500's

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TIME PERIOD: the Avignon Papacy

1300's

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TIME PERIOD: founding of the Mendicant Orders

1200's

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TIME PERIOD: the Western Schism ends

1400's

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only the predestined are saved

Jansenism

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nationalized/autonomous church in France

Gallicanism

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which of the following IS NOT a factor leading up to the Protestant Reformation?

the 100 Years' War

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TRUE/FALSE: (by definition) an indulgence grants the remission of temporal punishment due to sin

TRUE

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TRUE/FALSE: Martin Luther saw God as a giver of MERCY more so than of JUSTICE

FALSE

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TRUE/FALSE: the Peace of Augsburg stated Henry VIII to be head of the Church of England

FALSE

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TRUE/FALSE: an antipope is one who claims the papal throne but has no legitimacy to the claim

TRUE

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TRUE/FALSE: Ptolemy's geocentric model of the universe dominated the academic scene into the 16th century

TRUE

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TRUE/FALSE: the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception defines that Jesus is conceived without Original Sin

FALSE

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TIME PERIOD: Thomas More executed

1500's

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"I die the king's good servant, ___ God's first."

BUT

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"I die the king's good servant, and God's first."

Thomas More

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TIME PERIOD: tilma of Juan Diego (Our Lady of Guadalupe)

1500's

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by meticulous observation, found that planets orbit in ELLIPSES

Johannes Kepler

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father of Modern Apiculture

Jan Dzierzon

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What is the "language of the universe" according to Galileo?

Mathematics

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discovered parthenogensis in drones in 1835

Jan Dzierzon