Church History Unit 3 Study Guide - The High Middle Ages

These flashcards cover key figures, terms, and concepts related to the High Middle Ages as outlined in the lecture notes.

Pope Leo IX

Triggered tension leading to the East-West Schism.

Michael Cerularius

Declared that the Church is no longer in union.

Carthusians

A silent and strict monastic order.

Cistercians

A reform monk order focused on prayer and poverty.

Transubstantiation

The belief that bread and wine become Christ’s Body and Blood.

Avignon Papacy

Period when popes resided in France, leading to seven French popes.

Antipope Benedict XIII

Last schism pope during the Great Western Schism.

Filioque

Phrase added in the West to the Nicene Creed.

Schism

A separation within the Church.

Indulgences

The Church's act of taking away punishment that a person would receive in purgatory.

Mendicant

A religious person who depends on charity.

Albigensian Heresy

A heresy that denied the goodness of the material world.

Inquisition

Church courts that investigate heresy.

Eucharistic Adoration

Worship of Christ in the Eucharist.

Scholasticism

A method of learning that combines reason and faith.

Bubonic plague

Massive deadly pandemic also known as the Black Death.

Council of Constance

Council that ended the Great Western Schism.

Gothic architecture

Style of cathedrals characterized by pointed arches and flying buttresses.

Romanesque architecture

Style of cathedrals characterized by thick walls and rounded arches.

Substance in Eucharist

What something is, i.e., bread becomes the Body of Christ.

Accidents in Eucharist

What it looks or tastes like, i.e., still appears as bread.

Fourth Lateran Council

Council called in response to heresy resulting in nearly 70 canon laws.

St. Francis of Assisi

Noted for living radical poverty and serving the poor.

St. Dominic de Guzman

Focused on preaching and combating heresy.

Universities

Centers of higher learning that grew from cathedral schools.

Cistercian reforms

Movement focused on strict monastic life.

Franciscans

Order focused on helping the poor.

Dominicans

Order aimed at preaching truth and fighting heresy.