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Lesson 7

Reform and Revival

Learning was revived in Western Europe and accelerated around 1100 when the first universities were founded.

Catechism Connections

Lesson Topics
Church History Faith & Reason Religious Life
Essential Lessons
Lesson Vocabulary

  • Order of Cistercians
    :
    (n.): A branch of the Benedictine religious oder founded in 1098 in Citeaux, France, in an effort to more closely follow the simplicity of the Rule of Saint Benedict.
  • Universities
    :
    (n.): Centers of advanced learning which began in Western Europe in the 11th century, made up of groups of scholars organized for the express purpose of academic study.
  • Summa Theologica
    :
    (n.): The masterwork of St. Thomas Aquinas, a systematic study of everything pertaining to the Catholic Faith and doctrine that draws from the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, St. Augustine of Hippo, and others. It was written between 1265–1273 and is considered to be the pinnacle of scholastic Christian philosophy and theology.
  • Franciscan Order
    :
    (n.): The Order of Friars founded by St. Francis of Assisi in 1209 and dedicated to preaching, missions, and charities.
  • Mendicant Orders
    :
    (n.): Religious communities who renounce ownership of all property and foxed sources of income, entrusting their needs and work completely to the province of God by relying on almsgiving to support themselves. From Latin mendicus for "beggar." The original mendicant orders in the Middle Ages (the Franciscans were the first) begged for all their needs.
  • Order of St. Clare
    :
    (n.): The Franciscan order of women religious. The Poor Clares- as they are sometimes known- are regarded as on of the most austere women's penance, contemplation, and manual work, and adopting the strictest enclosure, several fasts, and other austerities.
  • Cloistered
    :
    (adj.): Living secluded from the world in a monastery.
  • Mystics
    :
    (n.): Recipients of a special grace which allows them to know God and unite their souls to Him in a uniquely intimate way. Catholic mystics include Bernard of Clairvaux, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Teresa of Avila, and St. Padre Pio.
  • Albigensianism
    :
    (n.): An 11th century heretical sect in Southern France that believed in two gods- one good, who created the spiritual realm, and one evil, who created the material world. Also known as Catharism.
  • Albigensian Crusade
    :
    (n.): A military campaign initiated bu Pope Innocent III to eliminate the Albigensian heresy in southern France.
  • Order of Preachers
    :
    (n.): A mendicant order of the Catholic Church founded in France by the Spanish priest Saint Dominic. Also known as the Dominican Order.
  • Rosary
    :
    (n.): A prayer in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which repeats the 'Hail Mary' prayer in "decades" of ten prayers, each preceded by an "Our Father" and concluded by a "Glory Be," accompanied by meditation on the mysteries of Christ's life. It is typically prayed using a chain of beads.
  • Fourth Lateran Council
    :
    (n.): The ecumenical council called by Pope Innocent III in 1215 which clarified the doctrine of Transubstantiation.
  • Transubstantiation
    :
    (n.): The word used to describe the changing of the bread and wine during Mass into the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ.
  • Waldensianism
    :
    (n.): A 12th century French movement based in following Christ in poverty and simplicity. Its rejection of certain Catholic teachings is identified by some historians as foreshadowing the Protestant reformation.
  • The Inquisition
    :
    (n.): A special ecclesiastical court for combating or suppressing heresy. Throughout Church history, the office has manifested in various ways. The Church suppressed heresy informally for her first 1200 years. Following, there have been different, separate inquisitions (collectively coming to be known as "The Inquisition"): the Medieval Inquisition primarily against Catharism (1231); the infamous Spanish Inquisition (1478); and the Roman Inquisition (1542).
  • Gothic Architecture
    :
    (n.): The style of architecture prevalent in Western Europe in the 12th-16th centuries, characterized by pointed arches, rib vaults, and flying buttresses, together with large windows and elaborate tracery.
  • Cathedral
    :
    (n.): The principal church of a diocese, with which the bishop is officially associated.
  • Romanesque Architecture
    :
    (n.): The architectural style of medieval Europe before the Gothic period, marked be semi-circular arches, barrel or rib vaults, massive walls, and few windows.

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