Great Schism (1054)

There have always been differences between the _________ and ___________ churches

For example, the _______________ controversy

In _______________, a serious break occurred.

At that time the _________________ of Constantinople declared that because of their differences, the 2 churches could not be in _______________

The Folly of the Crusades (1096-1204)

The ___________ wanted Christian armies from the west to help free Byzantine territory from the ___________________ 

Then take ________________ from the Saracen Muslims

The Crusades were seen by most Christians at the time as a ______________________

In actuality, the Crusades showed the corruptibility of ______________ war projects.

Many atrocities were committed in the name of _____________________

The “Good” of the Crusades

The Crusades opened Europe to the _____________

Crusaders brought back all sorts of new goods and ________________

Crusaders returned with volumes of philosophy—especially that of the ____________

All of theses discoveries would help bring about the period of Western history called the ___________________

Mendicant Friars (1181-1226)

Mendicant means _______________

Many famous saints such as ________________ and _______________
set themselves apart from the wealthy and corrupt part of the church by living a simple life of poverty

Francis was a rich boy who gave away everything that he owned and wandered the countryside speaking of God and helping _______________

Francis’ holiness attracted followers that eventually became the world-wide __________________

Gross Catholic HS was founded by the Marianists and the school sisters of _________________

Great Papal Schism (1378-1417)

Pope _______________, an Italian was elected in 1378 amid controversy, because the people of Rome were rioting in demand of an Italian pope

French cardinals did not like things that Urban was doing so they met in ________________, claimed Urban was not the real pope and elected a French pope.

This divided the church for __________________

A group of cardinals called a council to try to solve the problem and ended up electing a ________________

Finally in 1417, the Holy Roman Emperor called a council and finally one pope, _________________, was elected as the one and only pope

•	The Black Death (1347-1351) 
•	Italian sailors from Genoa brought the ________________ plague to Western Europe 
•	Fleas on __________ helped spread the disease 
•	Rats and their fleas were plentiful due to the highly ________ conditions of cities
•	_________million died  (1/3 of Europe)
•	The highly contagious  disease is characterized by 
•	__________________ (swelling of the lymph glands) 
•	____________ on the skin (ring around the rosy) 
•	___________blood 

•	Resulted in
•	The decline of _________________
•	A movement  from manor lands to __________________

Renaissance (1450-1600)

During the late middle ages, many educated Europeans studied the art and literature of the ancient __________________________

This cultural movement came to be known as the _________________ or ________________

For example the great works of ____________________, sponsored by the pope, were produced during the Renaissance

The Renaissance remade ___________

Renaissance Inventions

The printing press was invented by _________________

The  ___________ was the first large book produced on the printing press in the year _________

The printing press enabled many people to posses bibles which would be a catalyst for the spread of the _____________________ in the next century

Things like spaghetti, eye glasses, telescopes and ________________
were also invented during this era

Luther and the Protestant Reformation 1483-1546

The Protestant Reformation began when, as legend has it, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses up on the door of the castle church in _______________, Germany.

The 95 Theses contained statements about sin, forgiveness and _________________

Indulgences are a taking away of ______________ due to sin that has been forgiven

Luther thought that the message of ______________ as found in the bible was forgotten by the church and replaced by all sorts of external practices supposedly guaranteeing salvation

Luther and the Protestant Reformation 1483-1546

Luther never intended to start a ____________________ from the church, but that is what happened especially after he was excommunicated in ______________

The ________________________, the breaking off of groups from the Roman Catholic Church occurred in response to the church’s failure to reform its corrupt ways

_______________________ also contributed to the Reformation

The Roman Catholic Church did reform many abuses in the _____________________________________________________

The Council of Trent  (1545-1563)

Trent was a response to Protestantism and originally was convened to bring Protestants and Catholics _____________________

Trent reaffirmed that Christian faith is based on the bible but also in the _____________ of the Catholic church,  the church has the final word on _______________________ and salvation comes through both having faith and by doing ________________ inspired by that faith

The Council of Trent also reaffirmed that Christ is really present in the _______________

Trent also ordered bishops to eliminate abuses surrounding ___________________