Religion ch 11

Feudal system

social system organized according to class that included lords,nobles,royalty,peasants,and serfs

Atheism

denial of the existence of God

Indulgence

Removal of some or all of the temporal punishment for sins that have already been forgiven

Plenary Indulgence

The forgiveness of all punishments due to sin

lords

ruled over individual districts known as manors

Serfs

were poor farmers bound to the manor where they were born

louis IX

king of france, established religious foundations,Built leper hospitals,led crusades and dies on the second

simony

The act of buying or selling church privileges

Lay Investiture

The appointment of the clergy by lay people

Temporal Punishment

A consequence of sin which entails unhealthy attachment to creatures which must be purified either here on earth or after death in the state purgatory

monks

represented the ideal christian and helped in reform of the church

Abbey Of cluny

founded in 910, restored the benedictine rule,affirmed its direct allegiance to the pope,many of these monasteries sprang up.

Hermit

In the 11th century,the strong movement rose up,A desire for penance and poverty drove many men and woman into secluded places

Anchorite

Man and woman who shut themselves up in cells built against the sides of church for life of prayer

St. Bruno

founds La chartreuse in 1084(cistercians),combined the life of a hermit with communal life

Critercians

A new order founded to recapture the benedictine austerity

St.Bernard of Clairvaux

worked at clergy reform and the christianization of society taught that all religion should lead to charity. stressed union with god over asceticism

Regular Canons

priest who followed the religious rule of st.Augustine. so priest can sometimes be called canons

Jesus and Mohammed

Jesus-forgive enemies,turn the other cheek,love your neighbor Mohammed-raid,murder,fight,force conversions,15 wives

Jihad

Holy war,accepted death enthusiastically in their striving on the road to God.

3 conditions of a mortal sin

Grave Matter,Full knowledge of the evil act,and Complete consent

4 last things

Death,Judgement,Heaven,and Hell

Joy stands for

Jesus,others,and then yourself

At this time, it was the Catholic faith that united the people of_______.

Europe

Major abuses going on during the High Middle Age and the church’s response to them

The selling of indulgences and lay Investiture

Result-the buying or selling of the church privileges

Results of Muslim domination

Constantinople became an important Christian Center in the east

3 goals of the crusades in a nutshell

help people,protect people, and prevent more people from dying

Goals of the Inquisition Court

Conversion and salvation

What religion group of people was tired of Conversion and salvation

Catholics only

Why did the civil governments put heretics to death

It was seem as destructive to the social orders

Did the creating the Ecclesiastical Inquisition Increase or decrease Deaths

Decreased

How often torture was used and for how long

2% overall,less than 15 minutes

what was the church’s penalty for being a heretic

excommunication

what did the civil government sometime do to a person who had been guilty of heresy

Killed them

crusades-when they began,who asked for them

1095, Emperor Alexius the eastern Roman Empire

why did they ask for the crusades

to help protect the eastern christian

what had been the christian response to 400 years of killing,enslavement,robbing,etc

praying for their enemies