15th Century
A period of history and a European cultural movement that marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by a revival of ideas and achievements in art, architecture, politics, literature, exploration and science,
What was the Renaissance?
The Roman Catholic Church structure that was built in this century and is the main church of the Vatican.
What is Saint Peter’s Basilica?
Astronomers who were in defiance of the Roman Catholic Church in regards to the heliocentric vs geocentric orientation of the Solar System.
Who were Gallileo and Copernicus?
The secret societies of Protestant denominations. Catholics are forbiden to join by declaration from Rome.
Who are the Freemasons?
Part of Anabaptist tradition, this group of Christians tend to be more isolated and adhere more strictly to a traditional lifestyle.
Who are the Amish?
The Italian banking family and political dynasty that first consolidated power in the Republic of Florence and was the bank of the Roman Catholic Church.
Who were the Medicis?
He was was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and Roman Catholic Augustinian friar who came to disagree with the Roman Catholic Church regarding the selling of indulgences. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in Church history and started the Protestant Reformation.
Who was Martin Luther?
Protestants who trace their roots to the Church of Scotland or to English Dissenter groups that typically emphasises the sovereignty of God, the authority of the Scriptures, and the necessity of grace through faith in Christ.
Who are the Presbyterians?
She was the first North American Indigenous Saint.
Who was Kateri Tekakwitha?
Part of Anabaptist tradition, similar but different from the Amish, this group of Christians work on evangelical concepts and missionary work.
Who are the Mennonites?
The tribunals was intended primarily to identify, prosecute, and persecute heretics among those who converted from Judaism and Islam to Catholicism .
What was the Spanish Inquisition?
He started the Church of England and established the monarchy as Head of the Church because the Roman Catholic Church would not grant him a divorce.
The Orthodox Christians response to the Protestant Reformation.
What is ignored them?
They get together as a loose group to pray and discuss God with no structure.
Who are the Quakers?
Although not Catholic, this founding father of the United States of America worked with Bishop John Carroll to help Catholics get footing in the United States under freedom of religion.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
The printing device that was able to mass produce the bible.
He was a member of the Spanish Army who started the Jesuit Order?
Who was St. Ignatius of Loyola?
The elite unit of military honor that guard the pope.
Who is the Swiss Guard?
Known as Separatists, this group believed the Church of England was too corrupt and formed independent congregations.
Who were the Pilgrims?
This Catholic priest founded a series of Missions in California with the thought of helping the Native Americans convert to Roman Catholicism. In the end under the guise of protecting them, inadvertantly, they became subtle slave labor.
Who was Fr. Junipero Serra?
The war that resulted in the final expulsion of the Muslims in Spain.
What was the Reconquista?
He was an ardant British Roman Catholic Lawyer who was put to death because he opposed the Church of England?
Who was St. Thomas More?
A publication by Martin Luther that outlined his eventual dissent with the Roman Catholic Church.
What are the 95 Theses?
This groupd aimed to purify the Church of England from within.
Who were the Puritans?
During this conflict, Roman Catholics felt that the rebels were not a valid group so they exercised apostasy (giving up their religion) to avoid the guillotine.
What was the French Revolution?