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What does Indulgence mean?
Abuse of.
What type of people were granted indulgences from others?
Dead people.
Give the time frame of Christianity facing internal challenges.
1000-1500
Define sin.
Any act that damages our relationship with God or others.
What was the type of political/social structure in Europe by 1000?
Feudalism
"Jesus breathed on them and said to them,...
"Receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven, and whose sins you retain are retained."
Define Conversion.
Turning away from sin and turning to a life with God.
What does confession mean in the sacrament of reconciliation?
Revealing sins to a priest.
Name the two types of sin.
Venial sin and Mortal sin.
What type of sin would this situation be? A child lies to his mother about something.
Venial sin.
What does contrition mean in the sacrament of reconciliation?
Being truly sorry for one's sins.
Some priests and bishops did what that went against living a humble poor life?
Embracing wealth and luxuries by becoming a lord in the Feudalist system.
Define Simony during 900-1300.
Selling Christian possessions for the wrong reasons.
A sin that causes stress and damage with or relationship with God.
Venial Sin
What does penance mean in the sacrament of reconciliation?
Being given an act of service the priest directs you to do.
Why was priests granting indulgences wrong?
Indulgences violated the sacrament of reconciliatio.
What does absolution mean in the sacrament of reconciliation?
The actual forgiveness of sins from a priest by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Why did people like kings, lords, and knights have priests do indulgences?
They feared for their salvations because they were not the nicest.
A sin that causes a break or divide in our relationship with God.
Mortal Sin.
Name the four parts of the sacrament of reconciliation in order.
1. Confession
2. Contrition
3. Penance
4. Absolution
Why do priests have the power to forgive sins?
By Apostolic Succession (Priests are heirs of the original Apostles)
Why did priests sell wealth to Feudal kings and lords?
To gain the kings and lords favor for protection and personal desires.
Where did priests get all the wealth to do simony?
From inheritance of people who died that trusted the church with their wealth.
Name the three aspects of mortal sin that the church uses to see if someone commited a mortal sin.
1. The intended results are grave and serious
2. You have to be aware that what you are doing is wrong
3. Has to be committed on your own accord with your own free will
Two children are playing with a real gun. One child shoots the other on accident. Would this be considered as a mortal sin and if not so, explain why.
It is not mortal because the child never intended for the other to die nor did the child understand what it was doing.