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Theology Chapter 8
Chapter 8 Vocabulary Terms
Question | Answer |
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accommodation | The practice of aligning beliefs and practices from local cultures with Christianity. |
baroque | A style of art, architecture, and spirituality that emphasizes feelings and sentimentality. |
Brahmins | Members of the highest-ranking social class in the traditional Indian caste system. |
Christians of Saint Thomas | Indian Christians who trace their origins to the first century. |
concordat | An agreement between the pope and head of state identifying the role that each would play in Church governance in that country. |
deism | Belief that God created the world and then left it to run according to natural laws |
Enlightenment | The 17th and 18th century movement in Europe during which reason and science grew in importance as sources of truth |
Gallicanism | A movement originating among the French Catholic clergy based on national rulers having authority for Church governance in their country. |
geocentric | Belief that the sun revolves around the earth |
heliocentric | Belief that the earth and other planets revolve around the sun |
infallible | Incapable of error in defining doctrines involving faith or morals |
monarch | Head of a nation-state who claims to have complete authority in its governance |
rationalism | A theory that nothing is true unless founded on scientifically demonstrable proofs based solely on reason and the five senses; condemned by the First Vatican Council |
Reign of Terror | Period during French Revolution when nobility and many clergy were executed by French revolutionary leaders. |
scholasticism | A method of intellectual inquiry dominant in western Christian civilization from the Middle Ages until the 17th century, and into the 20th century among Catholic scholars |
Thirty Years' War | War over religious, dynastic, and territorial issues; it involved most European nations but was fought mainly in Germany |
Ultramontanism | Belief, often in an exaggerated form, that the pope alone has ultimate authority for Church governance in all countries. |