Pilgrimage Flashcards
SOWAA against pilgrimage?
‘all pilgrimages should be stopped’
What is cenacle?
Where the last supper happened.
What is a shrine?
A place of worship that holds the tomb of a saint or a holy person.
What is ecumenical?
Promoting Christian unity.
What is a relic?
The physical remains of a saint.
What is veneration?
Treating with deep respect.
3 reasons why people go on pilgrimages?
Jesus went to Jerusalem.
To be healed.
To be forgiven.
When did pilgrimage become popular to Catholics?
When the Virgin Mary was seen and a miraculous spring appeared next to her. Many healings apparently happened here.
What are the four pilgrimage sites?
Taize
Iona
Walsingham
Jerusalem
SOWAA against veneration?
‘you shall not make idols to worship’
SOWAA for going to Jerusalem/pilgrimage?
Jesus went to Jerusalem every Passover.
Why don’t Protestants disagree with holy places?
God is omnipresent.
What do Protestants disagree with in pilgrimage?
The veneration of saints or relics is wrong since only God should be worshipped.
Where will protestants go on pilgrimage?
Taize
Iona
Jerusalem
Where will protestants avoid going on pilgrimage?
Walsingham
Lourdes
What is important about Jerusalem?
It is where Jesus’ last week happened.
What are the 3 most important sites in Jerusalem?
The Via Dolorosa
The Cenacle
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
What is the Via Dolorosa?
The route Jesus took whilst carrying the cross to Golgotha.
What is special about the Church of the Holy Sepulchre?
It contains the tomb where Jesus was buried and rose from the dead.
Where is Walsingham?
A village in Norfolk.
What does Walsingham have?
A copy of Mary’s house in Nazareth built based on a vision.
3 Pros of Walsingham?
Brings Anglicans and Catholics together.
Healings have happened here.
People feel closer to the Lady of Walsingham.
Where is Iona?
Off the coast of Scotland.
What happened at Iona?
Missionaries were trained to convert Scotland to Christianity.
