Vocabulary
Military efforts of Western Christians to retake the Holy Land from Muslim control
What are the Crusades?
A wealthy, reckless Italian youth who gave up everything to live as a poor man and follow Jesus.
Who is St. Frances of Assisi
Holy Italian woman who convinced the Pope, who at the time was living in Avignon, to return to Rome.
Who is St. Catherine of Siena?
The beginning of many new Christian denominations as an attempt to reform the Church.
The first influential reformer from Germany.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
Who is Martin Luther?
Deny the reality of supernatural events, such as miracles, which the support the Christian Faith.
Who are Modernists
Period history when, due to a misguided effort to reform the Church corruption, many broke away from the Church.
What is Protestant Reformation?
Two religious orders founded in the Middle Ages.
Who are the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscan Order) and the Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
Italian Dominican known for his brilliant writings and great love of God and neighbor.
Who is St. Thomas Aquinas
The Churches response to the Protestant Reformation.
The two main points from this council.
What is the Council of Trent?
What are the need for Church reform, and clarification of Church doctrines
In the 20th century, the importance of Pope Pius X as he served the Roman Catholic Church.
What are . . .
1. Wrote two influential encyclicals refuting Modernism.
2. Encouraged frequent reception of Holy Communion. Lowered the age children could receive Eucharist.
3. Encouraged the laity to be more involved in charitable works.
Period after the Council of Trent in which new religious orders were formed to bring true reform and renewal to the Church.
What is Counter-Reformation
Inspired St. Clare to found a community for women called the Poor Clares.
Who is St. Francis?
Two holy Italians named Doctors of the Church?
Who is St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Catherine of Siena?
Two religious orders that helped renew the Church during the Counter-Reformation.
The founders of these two orders of religious.
What are Ursuline Sisters and Society of Jesus?
Who are St. Angela Merici and St. Ignatius of Loyola?
The atheistic and totalitarian governments that challenge the Church and the world in modern times.
What are Nazism, communism, and facism
A belief that teachings on faith and morals should evolve and change, and that there is no unchangeable, objective revelation from God.
What is Moderism?
Member of the Order of Preachers that was sent to convert the Albigensians (heretics of the day)
What the Order of Preachers devoted their lives to.
Who is St. Dominic de Guzman?
What is preaching?
He was a just ruler, spent much time in prayer, showed generosity to the poor and fought for Christ and the Church by leading two Crusades.
What country did he rule over?
Who is King Louis IX?
What is France?
Spanish nobleman who founded the Society of Jesus.
What this society is known as.
A man from this society who served the papacy.
Who is St. Ignatius of Loyola?
What is the Jesuits?
Who is Pope Francis?
The Polish Franciscan priest who founded the "Knights of Mary the Immaculate"
Sent here when he was arrested by the Gestapo.
This made his fate memorable.
1. Who is Maximillian Kolbe
2. What is Auschwitz
3. What is volunteered to take the place of another man.
The Pope who preached against the wave of relativism rising up in society.
Who is Pope Pius X?
Italian Dominican who was a brilliant philosopher and theologian.
The title given to him by the Church.
Who is St. Thomas Aquinas?
What is "Angelic Doctor"?
Monastic reformer and founder of the Cistercians way of life.
Who is St. Bernard of Clairvaux?
The mission of the Jesuits.
What is
1. Defend the Faith
2. Serve the Church
3. Educate the people in the Catholic Faith
1. First American born saint.
2. The faith of her youth.
3. The country where she became convinced the Roman Catholic Church was the true Church.
2. What is Episcopalian?
3. What is Italy?