heresy | | high ranking official of church, appointed by Pope |
codification | | study of religious questions |
icon | | disagreement with the basic teaching of a religion |
laity | | director of a convent |
conclave | | to arrange in a systematic form |
abbott | | head of the church in one of 5 important cities |
priest | | a subgroup within a larger religious group |
simony | | people who carry religious messages |
Hagia Sophia | | church of Holy Wisdom |
pope | | members of a Catholic order who practice poverty and preach |
friar | | head of a monastery |
seminary | | head of a diocese |
Constantinople | | church officials |
abbess | | selling of positions in the church (Middle Ages) |
monasteries | | in charge of daily operations of a local church |
doctrine | | a statement of policies that are taught |
missionaries | | established formal rituals of the RC Church (baptism..) |
bishop | | what cardinals are locked into while electing a pope |
secular | | the territiorial jurisdiction of the bishop |
theology | | bishop of Rome, later head of the RC church |
diocese | | people who wanted icons removed from churches |
clergy | | not specifically religious |
schism | | school for educating priests |
iconoclast | | church members who aren't clergy |
sect | | formerly Byzantium, now Istanbul |
convent | | a place where men live together in a spiritual way |
patriarch | | religious images |
cardinal | | split or separation of church |
sacrament | | a place where women live together in a spiritual way |