Catholic Reformers
Islam & The Crusades
The Renaissance
Key Figures in the Middle Ages
The Reformation
100

This saint helped guide the third convocation of the Council of Trent, reformed priestly training, fought the sale of indulgences, and established youth religious education.

Who is St. Charles Borromeo

100

This concept is the belief in the existence of only one God

What is monotheism?

100

City where the Renaissance began

What is Florence, Italy?

100

Belgian nun who originated the Feast of Corpus Christi 

Who is St. Juliana of Cornillon? 

100

The action that the members of a nation take when seeking to achieve or sustain self-determination

What is nationalism?

200

This Dutch Jesuit priest, theologian, and preacher participated in the Council of Trent as a papal theologian and earned the title “Doctor of the Catechism.”

Who is St. Peter Canisius

200

The migration of Muhammed and his followers from Mecca to Medina

What is hijra?

200

Taught the Earth and other planets rotated in their own orbit and circled the sun which was stationary

Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?

200

Benedictine nun and mystic, who was referred to as “The Herald of Divine Love.”

Who is St. Gertrude the Great?

200

A gathering of all of the bishops of the world, in exercise of the collegial authority over the universal Church.

What is an ecumenical council?

300

This saint founded the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, became the patron saint of widows, orphans, and the sick, and inspired a community devoted to hospitals, education, and works of mercy.

Who is St. Louise de Marillac?

300

The crusade that drove a further wedge between the East and the West, making the schism seem irrevocable?

What is the 4th Crusade?

300

Name given to the intellectual, literary and scientific movement during the 14th - 16th centuries

What is Humanism?

300

Before becoming pope, he was known as Cardinal Hildebrand

Who is Pope Gregory VII?

300

Protestant Christian movement where each local church is self-governing and acts as the final authority over its own affairs, rather than being ruled by bishops or a central hierarchy.

What is congregationalism?

400

This Jesuit-educated priest, theologian, and bishop created rules to guide the life of priests and is the patron saint of journalists, adult education, and people who are deaf.

Who is St. Francis de Sales?

400

The benefit for participation in the Crusades that reduced temporal punishment for sin and encouraged military support for recovering the Holy Land?




What are indulgences?

400

What is the integration of philosophy and theology used to search for truth and understanding the revealed mysteries of faith

What is Fides et Ratio (Faith and Reason)

400

This pope along with Emperor Henry V (1106-25) reached a formal agreement (the Concordat of Worms) on the authority of the pope in the appointment of bishops. 

Who is Pope Callixtus II?

400

A free gift and action of God by which we are freed from our sins and sanctified and renewed by the grace of God.

What is justification?

500

This saint was the wife of a baron, the mother of four children, and later became a widow. She is the patron saint of mothers, widows, and wives.

Who is St. Jane Francis de Chantal

500

The first Christian city to be conquered by Islam

What is Syria?

500

Friend of St. Thomas More and contemporary of Martin Luther

Who is Desiderius Erasmus?

500

He founded a new order of reformed Benedictines who were committed to live a communal eremitical life of solitude and gospel simplicity with a return to strict observance of the Rule of Benedict.  

Who is St. Robert Molesme?

500

The reward God promises and gives to those who love him and by his grace perform good works.

What is merit?