Chapter 14 - A Light in Darkness: Part II

excommunication

A person separated from the Church, especially from the Eucharist

Mendicant Order

A unique variety of religious order that developed in the 13th century. Unlike monks who remain inside a monastery, member of the Mendicant Orders have ministries of preaching, teaching, and witnessing within cities. Because the Franciscans lived like Christ, they were the first Mendicant Order.

Saint Dominic

A. Was convinced of the need for scholars and preachers

Saint Francis of Assisi

B. Founded the first Mendicant Order

Pope Saint Gregory VII

C. Sought to end lay investiture

Saint Thomas Aquinas

D. Became one of the Church's greatest thinkers

Pope Urban II

E. Called for the first Crusade

____________was the practice in which political leaders assigned jobs to bishops and priests.

Lay investiture

The Benedictines were the first Mendicant Order.

Not Benedictines but Franciscans

The Crusades were intended to regain Rome for Christians.

Not Rome but the Holy Land

Thomas Aquinas founded the Dominicans, an order of preachers.

Not Thomas Aquinas but Saint Dominic

In 1054 the Church experienced the Great Schism, when the Eastern churches joined the Western Churches.

Not joined but seperated from

The Inquisition was meant to change the lives of thieves.

Not thieves but heretics

spirituality

Our growing, loving relationship with God. It is our way of expressing our experience of God in both the way we pray and the way we love our neighbor. The Mendicant Orders serve as guides for spirituality and are good examples of how the Church adapts to the times.

What are some of the reasons that led to the Great Schism between the East and the West?

Over the centuries, differences in beliefs and practices began to divide the eastern and western parts of the Church. Likewise, there was a political rivalry between the two great cities of Constantinople in the East and Rome in the West.

_____________________ issued an apology for the wongs committed by some members of the Chruch during the Crusades.

Pope John Paul II

_____________________ impressed so many people with his holiness and example of Gospel living.

Saint Francis of Assisi

How was the Church a light during medieval times?

The Church was a light through saints who explained and lived the teachings of Christ.

Summa Theologiae

Thomas Aquinas showed his brilliance in this 21-volume work in which he explained Catholic beliefs.

How did some leaders in the Church lose their focus during the Middle ages?

When Church leaders became political leaders, abuses crept in. A bishop appointed by the king became responsible to the king, not to the pope.

Eight _________ took place over a span of 200 years.

crusades

schism

is a split or division

The Church esablished an ___________________ known as the Inquisition, to hault hertics.

official Catholic court