This is a flat, two dimensional picture of Jesus, Mary, or a saint to inspire prayer.
What is an icon?
100
He is the Apostle of Ireland
What is St. Patrick?
100
A unique vow did Carthusians took
What is the vow of silence?
100
Arabic word for submission?
What is Islam?
200
Peasants revolting against the feudal system.
What is the Peasant Rebellion?
200
She listened to the voices inside her head and jumped from a tower, landing unharmed. She is also known to have dressed as a boy and fought alongside other men. She was burned at the stake.
Who is St. Joan of Arc?
200
The Muslim Holy Book and its Arabic translation
What is the Koran?
200
Order founded by St. Ignatius
What is the Society of Jesus?
200
Conquering of Spain by the Christians against Muslims and Jews
What is the Reconquista?
300
Literally means "holy wisdom," and was a magnificent church at Constantinople.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
300
He wrote the Ninety-five Theses.
Who is Martin Luther?
300
The law of the church Codex Justinians undertook the collection and systemization of all Roman law as it had developed from his earliest predecessors. Codex Justinianus represents the highest achievement in classical.
What is canon law?
300
Councils that discussed both doctrine and reform
What is the Council of Trent?
300
A person who begs, describes the strict life of poverty lived by the mendicant orders.
What is a mendicant?
400
A system that came to organize the politics, economy, and social life of Medieval Europe after the spirit of the Carolingian empire
What is feudalism?
400
Fled to Switzerland to avoid arrest. He was the author of Institutes of the Christian Religion.
Who is John Calvin?
400
Four books that discussed protestant theology and Church organization.
What is the Institutes of the Christian Religion?
400
Attempted to resolve the conflict between Lutherans and Catholics.
What is the Augsburg Confession?
400
A naval battle that took place at the Gulf of Cornith
What is the Battle of Lepanto?
500
Italian for "nephew" and Latin for "grandson." The appointment of family members to important positions of authority.
What is nepotism?
500
They were the Apostles of the Slavs.
Who are Sts. Cyril and Methodius?
500
This made the king the supreme head of the Church in England.
What is the Act of Supremacy?
500
His efforts helped achieve a successful end to the Council of Trent
Who is Charles Borromeo?
500
The Inquisition began as a response to this heresy.