2 Popular piety and the Church's spiritual role Flashcards
What was the Church a link between in c1529
God and human beings
Why didn’t the majority of the laity own a bible in c1529
They couldn’t read latin
When were members of the laity on holdiay, and what would they do in c1529
- On holy days
- The community wouldn’t work
- They would celebrate together
What are examples of how the life of the agricultural community and liturgical year fitted in well together
- During lent, no meat was eaten as the time coincided with declining food supplies
- During Eastertide, lambs would be eaten, as they were in surplus
What would happen on Rogation Sunday
The whole community would ‘beat the bounds’ to ward off evil spirits
What would the rich do to ensure prayers were said for them after death in c1529
They would finance their own private chantry chapels and a priests to say mass for them
What would the poor do to ensure that prayers would be said for them after death in c1529
They would join guilds that would provide a chapel and a priest for it’s members
What was the role of Lay Guilds
Ensure prayers were regularly said for dead members
What was lay guild membership based on
Crafts
What would the importance of lay guilds determine
Their place in the Corpus Christi procession, which was very significant
What was Catholic belief on sin
Everyone was born with original sin, and everytime they disobeyed God’s law they would acquire more sin
What was the Catholic belief on purgatory
- Everyone would spend time in purgatory before going to heaven
- Time in purgatory could be reduced by acquring less sin, purchasing indulgences, or having prayers said for your soul once dead
What are examples of indulgences
- Buying relics
- Going on pilgrimages to important religious locations
- Like the tome of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury
What language was mass in, and what significant event would occur then
- Latin
- Transubstantiation would occur
What was the most significant of the seven sacraments for Catholics
Mass
