HVII Religion key words Flashcards
(15 cards)
Anti-clericalism
Opposition to the Church’s role in political and other non-religious matters
Chantries
Charles where masses for the souls of the dead took place
Diocese
An area under the pastoral care of a bishop in the Christian Church
Erastian
The view that the state should have authority over the church
Guilds and Confraternities
Voluntary associations of individuals created to promote works of christian charity or devotion
Grace
The pure state a soul needed to be in to enter heaven
Heresy
The denial of the validity of the key doctrines of the Church
Humanism
Concerned establishing the reliability of Latin and Greek translations by going back to original texts
Intercession
The act of saying a prayer on behalf of another; in traditional Catholic thinking it was the role of the priest to intervene with God on behalf of an individual
Laity
Those who were neither priests nor members of a religious order
Pilgrimage
A journey to a place of religious devotion
Purgatory
The state in which the souls of the dead were purged of their sins before they could enter heaven
Renaissance
A cultural and intellectual movement which, beginning in Italy, emphasised a revival of interest in classical learning and arts
Seven Sacraments
- Baptism
- Marriage
- Anointing of the Sick
- Penance
- Eucharist
- Holy orders
- Confirmation
Transubstantiation
Christian belief that the substance of bread and wine was completely changed into the body and blood of christ by a validly ordained priest during consecration
