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| Nominalism | William Ockham's theory that religious truths are inaccessible thru human intellect and reason. |
| Scholasticism | The system of philosophical and theological inquiry developed by Thomas Aquinas |
| Humanism | An intellectual and literary movement that focuses on the Human Being |
| Conciliarism | The movement that supported the power of a council above the power of a pope |
| Renaissance | French for re-birth |
| Mendicant | From the Latin word that means to beg |
| Gothic | A medieval style of architecture with pointed arches and flying buttresses |
| Avignon papacy | The 70 year term the pope resided in France |
| St. Thomas Aquinas | Was once nicknamed the Dumb Ox, best known for his massive theological volume "Summa Theologica" |
| St. Joan of Arc | The young mystic and Maiden of Orleans who led France to victory in the war against England |
| St. Catherine of Siena | The Doctor of the church who convinced the Pope to return to Rome |
| St. Francis of Assisi | The patron saint of animals and nature. |
| Michelangelo | The artist who painted the Sistine Chapel, and created the Pieta |
