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Cards Term What lessons did we learn from the story of the Delany family? Definition change can be difficult but it offers opportunity for growth. Term Why do we need to study the history of the church? Definition we need to understand the formation and reformation of the church with change and renewal. Term who guided the changes in the church with respect to the sacraments? Definition the holy spirit Term Define agape. How is agape similar to today’s Mass? Definition is a friendship meal; the sharing of bread and wine. It is similar to today’s Mass in that it is the sharing of the bread and wine. Term Define Sacramentum Definition is standardized, uniform, sacraments only. Term Define Sacraments Definition “signs of a sacred thing.” Term Define Scholasticism Definition is where sacraments are causes of grace, necessary for salvation, no new ways of thinking were permitted. Term St. Augustine: Definition -Baptism was the putting of a “seal” on a person. -Sacraments in a broad sense, “signs of a sacred thing.” Term St. Thomas of Aquinas: Definition -Sacraments are celebrated as causes of God’s grace (sacred reality). Term The Council of Trent: Definition -Was called to address doctrinal challenges of reform. -It focused on the sacraments. -sacraments were to be exact about church’s practices and beliefs, and they need consistency Term Second Vatican Council: Definition -its mission was to help the church better respond to the contemporary world -they examined the work of St. Thomas Aquinas, the early Christians, and biblical roots -they questioned the rigidness and recognized the need to open itself up to other ways of thinking and practicing sacraments Term Emperor Nero: Definition -was declared illegal under him Term Emperor Constantine: Definition -declared Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire Term Tertullian: Definition -used the Latin word Sacramentum and sacramenta Term *Formal elaborate ceremonies in enormous cathedrals Definition High Middle Ages Term *Keep the Church’s teachings on the sacraments true to the Spirit of Jesus Definition 20th century/Second Vatican Council Term *Christians “Christianized” pagan rituals Definition Early Christians Term *Protestant Reformation Definition High Middle Ages Term *The seven sacraments were declared the official sacraments of the church Definition High Middle Ages Term *No new ways of thinking about the sacraments were permitted Definition Council of Trent Term *Stressing the correct form of sacramental practice and a magical view of the sacraments led to abuses in the church Definition High Middle Ages Term *Time of great intellectual interests and a renewed interest in the sacraments Definition High Middle Ages Term *The official Roman missal for the Mass and an official book on the rites were published leading to uniformity in the church. Definition Council of Trent Term *People began to see the connections between the sacraments and the mysteries of faith Definition Early Christians Term *The church questioned the rigidness and recognized the need to open itself up to other ways of thinking about and practicing the sacraments Definition 20th century/Second Vatican Council Term *Controversy and division plagued the church Definition Dark Ages Term *The church met in small groups underground Definition Early Christians Term *Catholic scholars began to look more closely at the teachings of Aquinas, the worship practices of the early church, and the biblical roots of faith Definition 20th Century/Second Vatican Council Term *Tertullian used the word sacramentum Definition Early Christians Term *St. Thomas of Aquinas said that sacraments were celebrated as causes of God’s grace Definition High Middle Ages Term *St. Augustine Definition Dark Ages Term *Insistence on proper performance of the rituals, not the meaning of the ritual. Definition High Middle Ages Term Who had the idea of sacraments being administered and received? Definition St. Augustine Term What is the most accurate understanding of the sacraments today? Definition close to the work of St. Thomas Aquinas. Term Who placed the sacraments into two categories? What were they? Definition St. Augustine; They were the Sacraments of the Word (sermons, prayers, scripture readings) and the Sacraments of Action (symbols and rituals). Term Why was there little thinking about the sacraments during the Dark Ages? Definition social and cultural upheaval. Term When were there specific rules for celebrating sacraments? Definition High Middle Ages Term Why was the Council of Trent called? Definition to address doctrinal challenges of reform Term What was the mission of the Second Vatican Council? Definition to help the church better respond to the contemporary world. Term What were St. Augustine’s teachings on the sacraments? Definition rituals were sacraments, almost anything could be a sacrament or a sign of God, and that some sacraments were more important than others.