Religion and Henry VII

Question 1

What were the seven sacraments?

Answer 1

Baptism
Confirmation
Marriage
Anointing of the sick
Penance
Holy Orders
Eucharist

Question 2

Lollardy

Answer 2

A movement led by the 14th century English religious reformer John Wyclif, advocating that the Church should help people live a life of evangelical poverty and imitate Christ.

Question 3

Simony

Answer 3

The act of selling Church offices and roles or sacred things.

Question 4

Pluralism

Answer 4

The practice of holding more than one ecclesiastical office at a time.

Question 5

Absenteeism

Answer 5

Regularly staying away from somewhere without good reason.

Question 6

Nepotism

Answer 6

The practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs.

Question 7

Anti-clericalism

Answer 7

Opposition to the Church’s role in political and other non-religious matters.

Question 8

John Colet (1467-1519)

Answer 8

Travelled to Italy and was introduced to humanist influences there. Refounded St. Paul’s school in 1512. His one surviving sermon was highly critical of the standards of the clergy.

Question 9

William Grocyn (1449-1519)

Answer 9

Began to lecture at Oxford on the ideas of Plato and Aristotle.

Question 10

Thomas Linacre (1460-1524)

Answer 10

Influenced by the scientific thinking he acquired in Italy, and took a medical degree at the University of Padua.

Question 11

Thomas More (1478-1535)

Answer 11

Distinguished lawyer and humanist scholar. Author of utopia. A valued councilor of Henry VIII he was appointed lord chancellor in 1529. Resigned in 1532 after the dissolution of the monasteries and was executed.