Quiz 4: Introduction to the Renaissance

The buying and selling of sacred offices is called:

• Alienation

• Simony

• Nepotism 

• Indulgences

The remission of punishment for sin to lesson punishment in Purgatory is called.  

• Pluralism

• Alienation 

• Sainthood 

• Indulgences

This is the model for Church governance, which held that Church power resided in frequently convened councils of bishops.  

• Conciliarism

• Possesso

• Episcopal 

• Contrition 

For Protestants the ultimate spiritual authority is embodied in ______________________ .  

• The Universal Priesthood of Believers

• Tradition 

• The Bible

• Transubstantiation

The Catholic Church used the pan-Italian revival of classical culture known as the Renaissance as a movement in support of ________________________ .  

• A practical use for the ancient practice of decorating churches in an edifying style

• The superiority of ancient knowledge

• The superiority of ancient culture

• Papal claims to universal authority

The Donation of Constantine—an 8th century forgery that willed the city of Rome to the Pope, was used as justification for belief in ________________________ . 

• The Pope as the successor of St. Peter

• The unity of Church and civil authority

• The power of the Pope over secular kings

• The primacy of Western Christianity over Eastern Orthodoxy

In the early 15th century, after the popes returned to take up permanent residency in Rome, the main income of the Papacy came from ___________________ .  

• Pilgrims and the sale of indulgences

• Agricultural produce from Church lands

• Taxes levied on individual congregations

• Overseas colonies 

Axiality, symmetry, focus, hierarchy and an overall unity are the 5 principles of this artistic and philosophical style.  

• Mannerism

• Baroque

• Classical

• Romantic 

In the 15th century the Papacy emphasized its role as the great advocate for world peace to facilitate its own struggles against ___________________ . 

• Poverty among its members

• Spiritual ignorance

• Protestantism and the Turks

• The feuding among the great Roman families 

During the Renaissance, the classical sunburst symbol of the ancient god Apollo was often understood as a metaphor for _____________________ . 

• Christ

• The knowledge of God

• The supremacy of the Pope

• The power of nature