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| Hagia Sopia | Church of the Holy Wisdom built in Constantinople & currently serving as a museum in Istanbul, Turkey |
| Marks of the Church | (4) one, holy, catholoc, apostolic (from Nicene Creed) |
| Patriarch | a christian bishop of the early church in certain major cities of the Roman Empire. Title is still in use in Eastern churches today. |
| Pope | leader of the Catholic Church |
| Paschal Mystery | the mystery of, and events involved in our redemption: Christ's suffering, death, Resurrection & Ascension |
| Muhammad | founder of the Islamic religion |
| Muslim | members of the religion of Islam |
| Hijrah | the flights of Muslims from Mecca to Medina in 622; event marks the beginning of the Muslim calendar. |
| Islam | monotheeistic religion with Allah as the supreme God & Muhammad as its founder and chief prophet. It is based on submission to Allah's wishes. |
| Battle of Tours | 732 battle where Charles Nartel defeated the forces of Islam |
| Charles Martel | father of Pepin the Short, defeated the forces of Islam in 732 |
| Grace | "our participation in the life of God", Grace is favor, the free and undeserved help that God gives us to respoond to his call to become Children of God, adoptive sons, partakers of the Divine Nature and of eternal life |
| Rogation Days | 3 days of prayer & penance before the Solemnity of tye Ascension to ask God's blessing on the harvest |
| Papal States | Part of Italy that the Pope ruled until 1870 |
| Baptistry | place where baptisms are celebrated; originally a separate building-now part of a church |
| Veneral Bede | wrote first true book of history(Ecclesiastical History of the English People) |
| Dionysius Exiguus | monk who translated Greek into Latin & created Anno Domini (used to number the years in the Gregorian and Julian claendar) |
| Basilica | greek word meaning king's hall; the term used to designate a church of historical significance that contines to play an important part in the religious life of a particular region. |
| Gregorian Chant | follows a simple melody, chanted in monophononic ritualistic pattern in plainsong |
| Missionaries | people who spread the Christian message to other peole, especially in other lands |
| King Clovis | first leader of the Franks to become Christian |
| Celibacy | state or condition of those who have chosen to remain unmarried for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven in order to gie themselves entirely to God and to the service of his people |
| Liturgical Calendar | seasons & feasts of the Church year to mark events in the life and Paschal Mystery of Christ as well as the lives of Mary and the saints |
| Donation of Pepin | King Pepin's designation of the central part of Italy to be governed by the Pope |
| Pope Gregory the Great | made Gregorian Chant the standard form of music used in liturgies up until Vaticn Council II in the 1960's |
| Synod of Whitby | meeting of Roman & Celtic Christians to determine which style of Christianity would be followed in England |
| Ecclesiastical History of the English People | the first true book of History, written in 731 |
| Charlemange | King of the Franks who was crownrd Roman Emeror by the Pope in 800. |
| Second Council of Lyons | meeting in 1274, called by Pope Gregory X, to untie the East & West Church |
| Sacrament of Reconciliation | sacrament of healing & forgiveness, where the sinner is reconciled with God & the Church |
| Saint Hilda | founded a double-monastery for men & women at Whitby in 663 |
| Saint Boniface | "Apostle to Germany" demonstrated that Pagan Gods were just made of sticks & stones |
| Saint Patrick | converted virtually all of Ireland |
