Church World Words
A good work you do to earn forgiveness.
Penance
The monk working for the pope who began selling indulgences for dead relatives in Purgatory.
Tetzel
The year the Church in the East splits from the West over the role of the Pope.
1054 A.D.
Church-authorized certificates sold to wipe away sins.
Indulgences
A holding place for souls needing forgiveness before reaching Heaven.
Purgatory
Wrote letters that are now a large part of the New Testament in the Bible.
Paul
The Church used its power to search out heretics - people who spoke out against the church or were part of false teachings were excommunicated or burned at the stake.
The Inquisition
The name of the theology where God's love is EARNED through works.
Works Theology or Works Righteousness
Being arrested, tortured and/or killed because of your beliefs.
Persecution
The first leader of the Roman Empire to be baptized.
Emperor Constantine
The year Constantine is baptized and the Church is no longer in hiding.
312 A.D.
The name of the theology where God's love is a free and undeserved gift.
Grace Theology
The leader of the rich and powerful Roman Church.
The Pope
Inventor of the printing press.
Johannes Gutenberg
The name for holy-wars where armies were sent out by the Pope to reclaim Jerusalem.
The Crusades
Martin Luther's list of reasons why selling indulgences is against scripture. (95 of them)
95 Theses
To change and make something better.
Reform
The law student turned monk who struggles with the teaching of the Roman Church.
Martin Luther
The name for the deadly disease that spread through Europe and killed about half the people living there.
The Black Plague
What the money collected from indulgences was spent on.
The Sistine Chapel