Unit 3 Quiz (Real One) Flashcards
(40 cards)
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Emergence of groups reacting to whats going on
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- Renounce property
- Travel the world to preach
- Primary mission: evangelization of the world through words and actions
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Difference between Monasticism & Mendicants
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- Contemplatives (thinking introvert) vs. Active Contemplatives (acting extrovert)
- Monasticism:
- Act of dwelling alone
- little to no interaction w/ the world
- Devote themselves for prayer and sacrifice for the sanctification of the world
- Cloistered
- Mendicants:
- “Begging”
- traveling around
- More time spent serving the community through various ministeries
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Similarities between Mendicants and Monasticism
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- Worship God
- Christian
- Community prayer
- Communal meals
- labor/ work
- Private prayer
- Meditation
- Study
- Religious vows
- heart and life is prayer and service to make the Church holier
- Have early Christian goals
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3 Groups
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- Franciscans (Friars minor)
- Poor Clares (Poor ladies of assisi
- Dominicans (Order of preachers)
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Saint Francis (Founding of Franciscans)
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- Born into wealth
- Fought in small military battles
- Encountered a leper whom he associated with crucified christ
- Heard Christ speak in San Damiano Chapel (‘repair my house’)
- Repaired San Damiano then fixed the people of the Church
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Saint Francis after “Repair my house” (Founding of Franciscans)
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- Took up life of complete poverty
- Committed to strengthening the Church (spread the Good News)
- Eventually people followed
- Order approved by Pope Innocent III in 1209 (First mendicant group)
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Franciscans
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- Living out the gospel is the reason for being
- model life after christ–> living in poverty in imitation o Jesus and the apostles
- Renounce all property individually and communally
- rely on support from their work an community
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Spirituality
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-How you practice or live out your faith
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Ministry
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-Service (job or work) for others caused by God in the Church
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Early Franciscans
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- Positioned in towns among the people (especially poor)
- Pulpit, confessional, service for the sick and weak, foreign missions, peace crusades
- Powerful voice for renewal in the medieval church
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Franciscans Now
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- Chaplains in hospitals and nursing homes
- Educators/ professors Kindergarden through College
- Spiritual guidance
- Parish ministry
- Homeless outreach
- Counseling addiction
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3 Orders of Franciscans
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- Order of Friars Minor
- Poor Clare Nuns
- Secular Franciscan Order (Lay people)
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Founding of the Poor Clares
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- St. Clare: Italian Noblewomen
- Inspired by Francis to live a life for Jesus
- Gave up all she had, and a group of women followed her
- Created First Rule for Women
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The Poor Clares Then
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- Founded in 1212 in Assisi
- Religious community of cloistered nuns
- Dedicated to penance: Great sacrifices made through prayer
- Contemplative life of prayer and joy based on Franciscan tradition of simplicity and poverty
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Poor Clares Today
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- Over 20,000 sisters in over 70 countries
- Small communities 4-13 nuns
- -> Family is an important value
- Primary ministry (Mission): Life of prayer for the needs of the world
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Founding of the Dominicans
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- Founder by Saint Dominic de Guzman
- Young priest in France who encountered a heretical group (group who believes in heresies)
- Created an order to live monastic ideals outside monastery
- Wanted well-educated clergy
Why?
- Reason through faith - Teach others - Know why heresies are wrong
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Dominicans
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The Dominicans–> “Black Friars”
- Founded 1215 as The Order of Preachers
- Emerged to combat heresies
- Primarily teaching and preaching order
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Dominicans Then
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- Emphasized theological study–> Educated friars are of the greatest service to the Church
- Could proclaim truth (veritas) of the Gospels & wisdom of Church’s Tradition
- Dominican houses founded in university towns
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Dominicans Now
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- Theologians and scholars
- Educators in colleges and high schools
- Traveling preachers
- Pastors (Head of parish)
- Chaplains (Priests in hospitals, schools, police stations)
- Campus ministers
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Romanesque Architecture
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- Massive pillars
- Rounded arches
- Fortresses
- Small windows: Not as much natural light
- Square top entrances
- Thick, heavy walls
- Designed in a cross shape (cruciform)
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Gothic Cathedrals
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- Thin walls
- rid-vaulted ceilings
- Tall windows
- concrete arches (Buttresses)
- Stained glass
- Steeps roves
- Very ornate (decorated)
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Why were Cathedrals built?
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- Pride in religion after Edict of Milan
- Many people had to go to mass in large cities due to urbanization, so they had to fit everyone (Wanted to worship through their structures)
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Education in the Early Middle Ages
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- Education was provided by monastery schools (They have the books)
- Taught by monks or nuns
- Primary focus was training the clergy
- Children of nobles and villages went (wanted to be literate)
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12th Century Educations
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- Universities grew out of the early schools
- Teachers and students group together to study certain topics
- Studied Liberal arts and Sciences
- Universitas formed= Masters had to earn a license & students had to earn degrees
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Liberal Arts and Sciences
Liberal Arts: Astronomy, music, grammar, logic, math, geometry
Sciences: Theology, law, medicine
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The Begining of Universities
- Students (male only) could enter at 14
- Liberal arts took 6 years
- Further study in medicine, law, or theology could take an additional 12 years--> Master or Doctoral degree
- Major universities sprang up in Paris, Oxford, Cambridge, Salamanca, etc. all across Europe
- University of Bologna--> First university in 1088
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Scholasticism
- Method of thinking, teaching, and writing in medieval universities
- Emphasized dialog to come to a truth through reasoned arguments
- Centered on knowledge about God
- Faith and reason work off of each other
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Whats going on in the Church before the Mendicants?
- Corruption in the Church
- Crusades led to thirst for wealth, power, glory over all else
- Use of Mercenaries: Foreign soldiers payed to fight in wars
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Albigensians
- Heretical group in France
- Pose new threat to the Church
- Believed all creation is evil (even humans)
- Anti-sacerdotal: Opposed the priesthood
- Rejected Eurcharist
- Combatted with Lateran Council IV
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Lateran Council IV
- Instated by Pope Innocent III to combat the Albigensians
- Established 70 Cannon laws
- Ex: Seal of Confession, enforcement of celibacy, no simony, no lay investiture
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Transubstantiation
- The real presence of Christ in the Eucharist through the transformation of the substance of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ
- Changes by the power of the Holy Spirit during Consectration
- Outlined by Council of Trent (Church doctrine)
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Eucharistic Adoration
- The exposed Eucharist displayed in a monstrance
- St. Francis is credited to this practice
- Started when giving thanks for victory in the Albigensian crusades
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Lateran Council IV Canons
- Enforcement of clerical celibacy
- Elimination of simony
- Annual confession
- Seal of confession
- Eucharist at Easter
- 7 sacraments instituted by Christ
- Defined Transubstantiation
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Corpus Christi
- Feast that celebrates the Body of Christ consecrated in Mass
- Means "The Body of Christ"
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Medieval Inquisition
- Brought about to address common heresies of the 13th Century
- Capturing and punishing heretics began 4th Century--> Could be fined, imprisoned, flogging (beating, whipping), etc.
- First execution was 350 AD--> Pope objected to this
- Believed purpose of capturing a heretic is conversion, not execution
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Papal Inquisition
- 1231: Established by Pope Gregory IX primarily in Germany, Italy, France
- Goals:
1. Suppress doctrine that were inconsistent with Church teachings
2. Reunite the sinner to the Church and God
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Inquisitors
- Were Franciscans and Dominicans
- Educated to combat heresies
- Did works for society (reputable)
- Travelers
- Approved by the Pope & devoted to him
- Good at explaining (showing and doing)
- Have no attachment to secular leaders (feudal lords), only answer to the Pope
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Heretic Sentences
- Organized into panels of 3 to investigate and judge
- Travel to towns to speak to townspeople
- The accused were given list of charges, witnesses were summoned, trial followed
- Sentence coukd be anything from fasting, pilgrimages, more Mass, different clothes, etc.
- 1% put to death by secular authorities
- 10% in prison
- Abuses did take place
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Spanish Inquisition
- Late 15th Century
- Adherence to Catholicism in Spain to converts
- Under authority of Kings of Spain, not the Church--> King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
* ***Goal: To stamp out any possible opposition to their leadership and unite Spain, must conform to Catholicism
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Spanish Inquisition Beginning and End
- Began in 1481: People executed
- Pope Sixtus IV authorized inquisition but wanted accused to appeal to Rome and have legal counsel
- Ferdinand rejected this
- Targeted recent converts to faith- especially Jews and Muslims
- Changed to trials on offense to the faith--> Sins committed, Protestant believers, "purity of blood" (New World) for those wishing to be ordained
- Abolished in 1834
