STUDIES
1. Explain the following terms: abbot; prior; archbishop; parish; diocese; regular clergy; secular clergy; friar; excommunication; simony; interdict; sacrament; "benefit of clergy"; right of "sanctuary"; crosier; miter; tiara; papal indulgence; bull; dispensation; tithes; and "Peter's Pence."
2. Mention some respects in which the Roman Church in the Middle Ages differed from any religious society of the present day.
3. "Medieval Europe was a camp with a church in the background." Comment on this statement.
4. Explain the statement that "the Church, throughout the Middle Ages, was a government as well as an ecclesiastical organization."
5. Distinguish between the faith of the Church, the organization of the Church, and the Church as a force in history.
6. How did the belief in Purgatory strengthen the hold of the Church upon men's minds?
7. Name several historic characters who have been made saints.
8. Why has the Roman Church always refused to sanction divorce?
9. Compare the social effects of excommunication with those of a modern "boycott."
10. What reasons have led the Church to insist upon celibacy of the clergy?
11. Name four famous monks and four famous monasteries.
12. Could monks enter the secular clergy and thus become parish priests and bishops?
13. Mention two famous popes who had been monks.
14. What justification was found in the New Testament (Matthew, x 8-10) for the organization of the orders of friars?
15. How did the Franciscans and Dominicans supplement each other's work?
16. "The monks and the friars were the militia of the Church." Comment on this statement.
17. Who is the present Pope? When and by whom was he elected? In what city does he reside? What is his residence called?
18. Why has the medieval Papacy been called the "ghost" of the Roman Empire?
19. In what sense is it true that the Holy Roman Empire was "neither holy nor Roman, nor an empire"?