The Holy Roman Empire and the Church

Who was the first Holy Roman Emperor?

• King John

• Otto I

• Henry II

• Gregory VII

The process by which kings, rather than the pope, appointed and installed bishops is known as

• The Concordat of Worms

• lay investiture

• repentance

• communion

True or False: Henry IV excommunicated Gregory VII

• True

• False

The Concordat of Worms was a document that solved the issue over

• appointing bishops

• giving bishops land

• taxing the clergy.

• both A and B.

Why did Gregory VII want to ban lay investiture?

• He had a personal problem with Henry IV.

• He wanted the Catholic Church independent of secular rule (the rule of the king).

• He was afraid of losing his job as pope because kings were doing his job.

• He had personal problems with some of the bishops installed by the king.

Frederick I (or Frederick Barbarossa) was obsessed with adding lands from ______________ to his control.

• France

• Italy

• Spain

The Catholic Church reached the peak of its power in the 1200s under what pope?

• Gregory VII

• Leo X

• Francis

• Innocent III

Holy Roman Emperor ______________________ successfully challenged Pope Boniface VII on the issue of taxing the clergy.

• Philip IV

• Otto I

• Henry IV

• Frederick I (Barbarossa)

The group that elects the pope of the Roman Catholic Church for life

• Cardinals

• Bishops

• Archbishops

• Monarchs

Term used to describe the expulsion of a member of the church by a religious official

• lay investiture

• papal authority

• excommunication

• exile