Chapter 10

Fill in the blank: ________ is the cultural and political atmosphere that came into existence during the High Middle Ages in Europe.

• Christendom

• Feudalism

• Renaissance

• Enlightenment

Fill in the blank: ________ is the buying and selling of church offices, spiritual things, and services.

• Simony

• Usury

• Nepotism

• Indulgence

Fill in the blank: ________ is an official court that investigated people who were accused of heresy.

• Inquisition

• Reformation

• Crusade

• Renaissance

Fill in the blank: ________ is an illicit practice by secular leaders to invest, or empower, a Church leader with authority.

• Lay investiture

• Simony

• Nepotism

• Pluralism

Fill in the blank: ________ are persons who taught false doctrines.

• Heretics

• Scholars

• Believers

• Saints

Fill in the blank: ________ is a severe penalty that brings exclusion from the participation in the Church's sacramental life.

• Excommunications

• Baptism

• Confirmation

• Ordination

Fill in the blank: ________ are two great orders that started during the High Middle Ages, namely Franciscans and Dominicans.

• Friars

• Monks

• Knights

• Priests

Fill in the blank: ________ are battles to free the Holy Land and its sacred sites from Muslim control.

• Crusades

• Revolutions

• Inquisitions

• Reformations

Fill in the blank: ________ are the spiritual practice of Catholics going to shrines or other holy places.

• Pilgrimages

• Festivals

• Ceremonies

• Rituals

Fill in the blank: ________ were started by Pope Gregory VII and are still in place in the church today.

• Gregorian reforms

• Lutheran reforms

• Anglican reforms

• Calvinist reforms