The Medieval CHurch

Question 1

Innocent 3

Answer 1

Pope during the Fourth Lateran Council and Fourth Crusade

Question 2

Gregory 7

Answer 2

Strengthened Papal authority and jurisdiction as pope

Question 3

Otto 1

Answer 3

King of Germany and Holy Roman emperor

Question 4

Henry 4

Answer 4

Battled pope Gregory over the controversy of Investiture

Question 5

Lanfranc

Answer 5

Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of William 1

Question 6

Anselm

Answer 6

Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of William 1

Question 7

Thomas Becket

Answer 7

Archbishop of Canterbury who was murdered for refusing Henry 2

Question 8

Henry 2

Answer 8

King of England disputed Becket over Church courts

Question 9

King John of England

Answer 9

Dispute with innocent 3 over the appointment of an archbishop

Question 10

Stephen Langton

Answer 10

Archbishop of Canterbury

Question 11

Magna Carta

Answer 11

Document securing rights and powers of English people

Question 12

I have loved righteousness and hated iniquity, therefore I die in exile

Answer 12

Greggory 7

Question 13

What are you doing is yoking together an untameable bull and an old feeble sheep

Answer 13

Anselm

Question 14

Parliament

Answer 14

the members of parliament for a particular period, especially between one dissolution and the next.

Question 15

Investiture

Answer 15

the action of formally investing a person with honors or rank.

Question 16

Synod

Answer 16

an assembly of the clergy and sometimes also the laity in a diocese or other division of a particular church.

Question 17

Bull

Answer 17

stock exchange

Question 18

Acquiesce

Answer 18

accept something reluctantly but without protest.

Question 19

Vespers

Answer 19

a service of evening prayer in the Divine Office of the Western Christian Church (sometimes said earlier in the day).

Question 20

Transparent

Answer 20

(of a material or article) allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen.
“transparent blue water”

Question 21

Pallium

Answer 21

a woolen vestment conferred by the Pope on an archbishop, consisting of a narrow, circular band placed around the shoulders with short lappets hanging from front and back.

Question 22

1. What were the chief holidays of the medieval church?

Answer 22

The main holidays were Christmas, Easter, Pentecost (Whitsuntide), Midsummer’s Day, and Michaelmas.

Question 23

2. What were the duties of a common parish priest during the Middle Ages?

Answer 23

It was the duty of the parish priest to instruct the people in the faith of the Church with its religious duties and obligations. These included the services of the Church and how to behave. They were to make sure the poor and strangers were cared for with regard to food, drink, shelter, clothing, and visiting the sick.

Question 24

3. Explain the reasons for the Church’s growth in power.

Answer 24

During the Middle Ages, the Church’s power increased because it gained a great deal of property that gave the Church revenue. Next, the Church was the place where the most educated men and ablest administrators were found who became influential in society. Finally, the Church had its own courts of law, where the papal court served as the final authority, even over kings and princes.

Question 25

4. What were the four important principles that created controversy between the papacy and England?

Answer 25

The four main principles were the question of jurisdiction and how far the pope might interfere in English affairs, investiture, church courts, and the appointment of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Question 26

5. What was the difference between the King’s Court and the Church Court?

Answer 26

All clerical offenders had the right to be tried by a church court, which was called "benefit of clergy."

Question 27

6. What were the results of the two great aims of Innocent III?

Answer 27

The recovery of the Holy Land failed in the Fourth Crusade. His other goal to reform the church led him into conflict with King John of England.