Crusades Vocabulary

Crusades Vocabulary

Pope

a prelate who as bishop of Rome is the head of the Roman Catholic Church

Apostolic Church

the Christian church as founded by the apostles

Schism

A split, in a particularly religion.

Eastern Orthodox Church

 The Christian church of those countries formerly comprising the Eastern Roman Empire and of countries evangelized from it; Greek Orthodox Church.

Patriarch

Any of the bishops of the ancient or Eastern Orthodox sees of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem or the ancient and Western see of Rome with authority over other bishops

Icon

A conventional religious image typically painted on a small wooden panel and used in the devotions of Eastern Christians

Excommunicate

To cut off or exclude from the Catholic Church

Islam

the religious faith of Muslims including belief in Allah as the sole deity and in Muhammad as his prophet

Muslim

An adherent of Islam

Judaism

a religion developed among the ancient Hebrews and characterized by belief in one transcendent God who has revealed himself to Abraham, Moses, and the Hebrew prophets and by a religious life in accordance with Scriptures and rabbinic traditions

Jerusalem

city in southwestern Asia northwest of the Dead Sea

Moor

Spanish muslims

Pilgrimage

one who travels to a shrine or holy place as a devotee

HOLY

exalted or worthy of complete devotion as one perfect in goodness and righteousness. Divine