Vocab
Statement of beliefs crafted at the Council of Nicea
Nicene Creed
The first Pope
Peter
Who is at the center of Christian life
God
There is one God in Three Divine Persons
Holy Trinity
Theological reason for deepening of the schism between the Church in the East and West. (Having to do with doctrine)
Belief/Disbelief in the Creed
An official teaching or a body of official teachings of the church
Doctrine
The writer of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles
St. Luke the Evangelist
What has priority over the laws of human authority
Obeying the laws that God has written upon our hearts
After we dies, we live forever in a new way
Everlasting Life
Theological reason for the deepening of the rift between the Church in the East and West. (Having to do with leadership)
Belief/Disbelief in the Pope, willingness to follow him
The refusal of submission to the Pope or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him.
King of the Franks. Crowned by Pope Leo III as Holy Roman Emperor
Charlemagne
Who stepped in as the Roman Empire declined and established leadership
The Church
God created everything good and out of nothing
God is the creator of all
Why did the crowning of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor deepen the rift between the Church in the East and West?
Because the Church in the East already had an emperor
of the same substance or essence
The Pope who steered the Church through the final years of the second Vatican Council
Pope Paul VI
What sort of things did the Church do to inspire more converts
The practice of celebrating feasts and honoring Saints. The use of symbolism and tradition which appealed to the Barbarians
At mass the bread and wine are changed into the Body and Blood of Jesus
Transubstantiation - the Eucharist is the body and blood of Christ
What happened in 1204 AD that deepened the rift between the Church in the East and West
During the fourth crusade, while en route to Jerusalem, crusaders from the West attacked Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire and the spiritual center of the Orthodox Church (Church in the East)
The foundation of the moral life for everyone. God's law written upon our hearts.
Natural Law
Son of David and Bathsheba
Solomon
How did the Church grow stronger in leading the fallen Roman Empire
The Church adopted the organization of the Roman legal system
Promotes virtue, equality, justice, freedom, and the common good
Natural Law
What event happened in 1504 AD resulting in the major break between the Church in the East and West?
The Pope and patriarch of Constantinople and the leader of the Orthodox Church excommunicated each other.