| A | B |
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| schism | A break or a split in a church |
| Great Schism | The break of the East from the West in the Church in 1054 |
| Islam | Means submission in Arabic |
| Allah | The Arabic word for God |
| Filioque | The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father, the |
| Icon | A religious portrait of Jesus, Mary or another saint |
| Iconoclast | A person who destroys an icon, "Image breaker" |
| vow | A solemn, sacred promise |
| Monasticism | The vowed life of prayer and work in a monastery |
| monk | A person who takes the vows of obedience, poverty and chastity |
| Scriptoria | A large room in a monastery where sacred texts are carefully hand copied |
| hermit | A person seeking a solitary life. |
| huns | A powerful nomadic group who invaded Europe in 375 |
| Charlemange | The most famous Holy Roman Emperor |
| St. Patrick | The Saint who converted Ireland |
| St. Bridget | The female saint in Ireland who had the ecclesial power of a Bishop |
| St. Bede | The saint responsible for the BC/AD timeline |
| Sts. Cyril and Methodius | The 2 saints who developed the Slavic alphabet so they could translate the bible and liturgies into the Slavonic language |
| St. Boniface | The saint who felled Thor's oak and converted the pagans in Germany. |
| St. Benedict | The saint who developed a Rule that was about moderation. |
| St. Columba | The saint who evangelized Scotland. |
| Hagia Sophia | The most famous example of Byzantine Architechure |
| Patriarch | The leader of the Eastern churches on par with the Pope |
