Starter quiz
- In Western Europe the most important bishop was the pope, based in ---
- Jerusalem
- Ravenna
- Rome ✓
- Constantinople
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- The leaders of the eastern church were known as ...
- archbishops
- patriarchs ✓
- popes
- priests
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- In order to control the Western Church, the pope acted almost like a ...
- 'king' ✓
- By the 7th century Jerusalem, Alexandria and ______ had been conquered by Muslims.
- 'Antioch' ✓
- Whereas the Eastern Church used ______ in its services, the Western Church used Latin.
- 'Greek' ✓
- What was the 'Great Schism'?
- The formal re-joining of the two Churches.
- The formal splitting of two Churches. ✓
- A violent war beween the two Churches.
- A violent conflict between the Eastern Church and Muslim invaders.
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Exit quiz
- The organisation of the Roman Catholic Church is best described as a ...
- 'hierarchy' ✓
- Starting with the most important, place the members of the Catholic Church in order of their importance.
- 1⇔pope
- 2⇔cardinals
- 3⇔archbishops
- 4⇔bishops
- 5⇔priests
- Pope Leo IX wanted to ______ the Roman Catholic Church.
- 'reform' ✓
- What was simony?
- when priests could marry
- when people could buy a position in the Church ✓
- when priests did not work as hard as they should
- the split between the Eastern and Western Churches
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- With which group of people did Leo come into conflict with in southern Italy?
- the Vikings
- the Anglo-Saxons
- the Normans ✓
- the Byzantines
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- Some women who had been married to clergy lost ______ in society.
- 'power' ✓
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Key learning points
- The Roman Catholic Church was led by the pope, who was based in Rome.
- There was a movement to reform the Church in the 11th century.
- Pope Leo IX was an important reforming pope.
- The reforms increased the authority and improved the perception of the Church.
- Pope Leo IX's reforms were continued by later popes.
Common misconception
Catholic priests have never been allowed to get married.
Catholic priests today are not allowed to get married, but in the past a great many were, even though it went against their rules. Some popes even had wives and children!
Keywords
Church - the Church is the organisation of the Christian religion
Pope - the pope is the head of the Roman Catholic Church
Clergy - the clergy are the group of religious officials who are authorised to conduct religious ceremonies
Reform - to reform something means to change something with a view to making it better
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