| A | B |
| sect | group |
| Counter Reformatiion | roman Catholic Reform movement |
| scripture | sacred Christian writings |
| original sin | Adam's sin of eating apple |
| Holy Communion-Eucharist | transformation of bread and wine at Mass |
| blasphemy | disrespect for God |
| pulpit | preacher's platform |
| theocracy | study of religious truth |
| High Church Anglicanism | like Catholicism, for wealthy |
| Low Church Anglicanism | like Lutheranism, for middle and working class |
| Book of Common Prayer | official Anglican prayer book |
| King James Version | official Protestant Bible |
| Vulgate | official Catholic Bible |
| missionary | person who spreads their faith |
| Council of Trent | Catholic Reform Council |
| sacrament | Holy Christian rituals |
| Society of Jesus (Jesuits) | order of teachers and missionaries |
| Inquisition | Catholic institution to hunt heretics |
| nationalism | devotion to one's natiion |
| massacre | mass killing of innocent people |
| absolute monarchy | monarch's rule is unlimited |
| divine right | monarch rules because God wills it |
| Puritan | sect that wanted to purify Anglican church |