Across
- 7. a Christian rite
- 8. a decree by the pope that forbade priests from giving the sacraments of the Church to the people
- 10. a medieval philosophical and theological system that tried to reconcile faith and reason
- 11. bones or other objects connected with saints; considered to be worthy of worship by Christians
- 12. the denial of basic Church doctrines; heavily punished by the Inquisition in medieval times
Down
- 1. the language of everyday speech in a particular region
- 2. the practice by which secular rulers both chose nominees to church offices and gave them the symbols of their office
- 3. known as the "Black Death" - pandemic that wiped out 1/3rd of the population of Europe
- 4. military expeditions carried out by European Christians in the Middle Ages to regain the Holy Land from the Muslim
- 5. hostility toward or discrimination against Jews
- 6. Study of religions and/or God(s)
- 9. an unbeliever; a term applied to the Muslims during the Crusades
