| A | B |
| Petrine Theory | The theory that claimed that Christ founded His church upon Peter |
| Council of Toulouse | forbid anyone except for clergy to posses a Bible |
| John Wycliffe | Translated the Bible into English |
| excommunicated | cut off from the church |
| Franciscans | One of the most prominent orders of friars |
| Dominicans | One of the most prominent orders of friars |
| Irenaeus | declared that every church must agree with Rome |
| pope | "papa" "father" |
| Ireland | The country Patrick took the Bible to |
| Vulgate | A form of Latin that was the only allowable translation of the Bible because then no one could read it |
| Breviary | A church worship book |
| Gelasius I | Issued the "two sword" doctrine |
| Convents | the name of the communiteis where nuns lived |
| Monasteries | the name of the communities where monks lived |
| sacraments | means of grace |
| Peter Waldo | gave the people of the Alps the Word of God |
| bishops | overseers or elder or superintendent |
| Gregory I | first medieval pope |
| transubstantiation | the belieft that the bread and wine of the Lord's Supper acutally becomes Christ's body and blood |
| Simeon Stylites | a monk who perched alone for 37 yrs. atop a stone pillar |