Role of the Christian Church Flashcards
(19 cards)
head of each Christian Community
Bishop
Bishop’s area of jurisdiction
Bishopric or diocese
bishops of 4 great cities held posotions of special power in church affairs
Alexandria, Rome, Jerusalem, and Antioch (believed to be founded by the original apostles)
Jesus had given the keys to heaven to
Peter; chief apostle, first bishop of rome
successors of peter
popes / papa “father”
primary instrument of conversion
monastic movement (monasticism)
man who sought to live a life divorced from the world
Monk — monachus “one who lives alone”
he founded a monastic house & found a set of rules for everyday living
St. Benedict
required to work hours everyday bc “idleness is the enemy of the soul”
monks
gathered seven times
monks
communal life
Benedictine life
ruled the monastery
abbot
women monks
nuns
nuns lived and studied in a
convent
monks lived in a
monastery
head of the convent
abbesses
many of them come from aristocratic families
abbesses
founded the monastery of Whitby in 657
St. Hilda
end of the fourth century; predominant religion
Christianity
