The faith of the Church is shaken by the Black Death
About how many years would it take to restore the world's population after all these deaths?
400 years
What language was mass?
Latin
What was Catherine of Siena known for?
She was known for her holiness and also for her wisdom.
What is the anti-pope? What was his name?
Not the true pope, and his name was Clement VII.
What was humanism?
a Renaissance philosophy that emphasize the importance of the person
What is the Black Death?
A highly contageous disease known as a form of the bubonic plague
How many times would Christians receive Holy Communion
A few times a year
What did Saint Hildegard stress that people that were guilty of heresy be treated with?
Love and mercy.
What was the Great Schism of the West?
Two people claiming to be the pope
What languages was scripture read in?
Hebrew and Greek.
What years are considered the late Middle Ages?
1300-1500 AD
What were basic things Catholics didn't know about Catholicism because of their lack of education about their faith?
The Creed, the Ten Commandments, and common prayers, such as Hail Mary and the Lord's prayer.
What does Juilian of Norwich's books talk about?
God's unconditional love for all people.
Who is the pope considered? (hint: two parts-The pope is also considered a bishop, and the pope comes from a long line starting with...)
The successor of Peter and the Bishop of Rome
What does Renaissance mean (translation) and what was the Renaissance?
"rebirth" and the Renaissance was a time of rediscovery of Greek and Roman cultures as well as the revival of European culture
What effect did the Black Plague have on the Church?
Many of the members of the laity and clergy died, as a result of ministering to the sick, which greatly reduced the number of people spreading the faith
What was a major problem that Catholics had a lack of understanding about?
The real meaning of the Eucharist.
What was the first book written in English by a woman?
Revelations of Divine Love.
What did the cardinals do in 1409 in order to try to solve the issue presented by the Great Schism of the West?
They dethroned both popes and elected a new pope
What does Renaissance Art remind us?
That the Renaissance commemerated our ancestors in faith and how the Church preserved Ancient culture through art.
What other crises took place besides the Black Death?
Muslim armies were advancing on Europe and taking over Southeastern Europe and Constantinople.
Who was exempt from sitting through the Mass in silence?
The very educated.
Which pope encouraged Saint Hildegard to continue her writing?
Pope Eugene III?
What was one of the lasting effects of the Great Schism of the West?
The succeeding popes had a difficult time caring out reforms because the power and reputation of the papacy was greatly weakened.
What was the goal of the artists and the Pope when creating the paintings in the Sistine Chapel?
Their goal was to make people remember Constantine who gave Christians the right to worship openly and make Rome a Christian city.