Vocabulary
Following established beliefs
Orthodox
Who led the Eastern Orthodox Church?
The Emperor
Where is the Roman Catholic Church based?
Rome in the Vatican City
This was a church built by Justinian in Constantinople; which meant "Holy Wisdom" in Greek.
Hagia Sophia
An alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages.
Cyrillic Alphabet
True or False: Byzantine bishops can marry and have a family.
True
According to apostolic succession, who should be the highest bishop?
The bishop of Rome who inherited the authority from Peter, the apostle.
These people spread the religious beliefs of Christianity throughout the Byzantine Empire.
Missionaries
The Russian term for ruler or king; taken from the Roman word caesar.
Tsar
Iconoclasts felt it was wrong to do what?
Use icons in Christian worship
When reciting a creed you are saying you what?
Believe in the ideas listed in the creed
To provide a written language for the Slavs.
A church official who leads a large group of Christians in a particular region.
Bishop
The West and the East argued about who Jesus was. A doctrine was created to explain this issue. What was that statement called?
The Nicene Creed
Roman Catholic priests dress depending on what calendar?
The liturgical calendar
Where did the Slavic people originate from?
Southeastern Europe
The official split between the Roman Catholic and Byzantine churches which occurred in 1054.
Great Schism
-Bishops say mass and they are dressed in black.
-Bishops can marry and have children
- Mass is said in Greek or Russian
-The emperor was the leader of the Church.
List three details specific to Roman Catholicism.
- Priests can't marry
- The Pope is the head of the Church
- Mass said in Latin
- Follow the Nicene Creed
Explain how Christianity spread throughout the Byzantine Empire.
Travelers came to Constantinople to trade and through diffusing the Christian religion began to spread. Additionally, missionaries traveled throughout the empire and spread the word of Christ.