Who sculpted the Pietà?
Michelangelo
What was the intent of indulgences?
To offer Christians a way of doing good as penance for their sins.
What war lasted in Germany from 1618-1648
The 30 year war
What was the Council of Trent?
Church’s official response to the Protestant Reformation.
Which Saint founded the society of the Jesuits, also known as the Jesuits?
Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
What is humanism?
A movement to revive classical learning, such as Latin and Greek literary and historical texts and focused on human achievements.
What did Martin Luther believe could justify sinners?
Faith in God’s love and mercy.
Why was Henry VIII break from the catholic church different than Luther and Calvin?
He wanted a reason to annul/ invalidate his marriage to Katherine of Aragon cause she didnt bear him a son.
What was accepted as the basis of the Catholic faith?
The Nicene Creed
Who inspired St. Ignatius when he was young and why did they inspire him?
He was primarily inspired by the lives of St. Francis, which is why he later left his military job and started studying to become a priest, and St. Dominic. He realized that his life would only have meaning if it had God in it.
What is the college of cardinals?
A Church body made up of all the cardinals whose function is to advise the Pope about Church matters and to elect a successor following the death of a Pope.
What is “Sola Fide?”
Humankind is justified by faith alone, rather than by both faith and good works, as the Catholic Church teaches.
Why did religious reform create more division in Germany instead of unity?
In Germany, the religious reform did not bring unity because Lutheranism split into smaller groups, such as the Anabaptists, and later religious conflict led to the Thirty Years’ War.
What did the Council of Trent change about the Catholic Church?
It changed the structure, intercession of the saints, religious life, and made it more focused on evangelization.
How did St. Ignatius organize his six students at the University of Paris in the 1530s, and what did he teach them?
He arranged his students into religious fraternities. He led his students to convert based on his Spiritual Exercises. The students promised to live in poverty, chastity, obedience to the Pope, and vowed to spread Christianity through preaching and teaching.