Vocabulary 1
________ is the religion derived from Jesus Christ, based on the Bible as sacred scripture, and professed by Eastern, Roman Catholic, and Protestant bodies.
What is Christianity
Church leaders:
What is clergy
___________ established the council and Creed of Nicaea.
Who is Theodosius
____________ is the head of the government in the early Christian Church.
__________ settled in Italy.
Who are the Ostrogoths
Pictures of religious images:
What is an icon
An epidemic disease:
What is a plague
__________ was the first Roman Emperor to profess Christianity.
Who is Constantine
The bishop of Rome, who came to be known as the Pope, claimed to be the Apostle ________________ successor and the leader of the western Christian church.
Who is Peter
___________ settled in Britain.
Who are the Angles and Saxons or Anglo-Saxons
“Money for a man” otherwise known as blood money; the value of a person in money:
What is wergild
Practice of living the life of a monk:
What is monasticism
___________ founded a monastic house and wrote a set of rules, which established the basic form of monastic life.
Who is Benedict
In the governmental structure of the church, who was the authority figure immediately under The Pope?
Who is The Archbishop
_________ settled in France and western Germany.
Who are the Franks
In the Roman Empire, an official in charge of a province:
What is a procurator
The head of the Eastern Orthodox Church, originally appointed by the Byzantine Emperor:
What is patriarch
___________ had the best army in the world at this time and reestablished the Roman Empire in the entire Mediterranean world.
Who is Justinian
What member of clergy answered to the Bishop?
Who are the Priests
_____________ lived apart from society and waited for God to save Israel from oppression.
Who are the Essenes
A group of Christian communities, or parishes, under the authority of a bishop:
What is a bishopric
A means of determining guilt in Germanic law; based on the idea of divine intervention:
What is an ordeal
_________ is a strong military leader, defeated neighboring Germanic tribes, established the Frankish kingdom, was the first Germanic ruler to convert to Christianity, and gained the support of the Roman Catholic Church.
Who is Clovis
___________ was the last of four “Fathers” of the early Christian Church.
Who is Pope Gregory I
____________ called for a violent overthrow of Roman rule.
Who are the zealots