topic 2

• original sin

  the sin that everyone is born with due to the disobedience of Adam and Eve
• purgatory


  A temporary state of purification for souls after death, where they are purified from sin before entering Heaven
• indulgences 


  A practice in the Catholic Church where believers could buy forgiveness for their sins.
• mass


  the most important service activities in the catholic church
• transubstantiation


  the theory implies that the substance of the bread and wine changed miraculously at consecration into the blood and body of christ
• confession


  laity required to tell the priest of their sins before taking the eucharist. the priest would forgive them for their sins in the name of God
• priest role


  required to hold mass everyday
• the seven sacraments


  baptism-when children were cleansed of the original sin

  confirmation-when young people become members of the church and could take mass

  marriage-when two people were joined together by the priest

  ordination-when a man became a priest

  confession-when a person told their sins to a priest and was made to do penance( a formal release from guilt)

  mass-when the priest carried out an re-enactment of the last supper of christ

  last rites-when the dying were anointed with the holy oil before they died
• the preists role


  as part of his role was to say mass every day; the laity therefore had the daily opportunity to observe the spiritual transformation of the bread and wine becoming the blood and body christ. attendance at mass was means by which time in purgatory could be reduced.