Religion, Spirituality and the Enlightenment (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Flashcards
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Enlightenment time period
Enlightenment time period
Late 17th to 18th centuries
What was the Enlightenment also called?
What was the Enlightenment also called?
Age of Reason
John Locke's main political idea
John Locke's main political idea
Political authority from consent of the governed
Montesquieu's key contribution
Montesquieu's key contribution
Separation of powers: legislative, executive, judicial
Deism definition
Deism definition
Belief in God via reason, not revelation or organised religion
Voltaire's main focus
Voltaire's main focus
Attacked religious intolerance, promoted freedom of conscience
United Irishmen founding year & location
United Irishmen founding year & location
1791 in Belfast
United Irishmen goal/slogan
United Irishmen goal/slogan
Unite 'Catholic, Protestant, and Dissenter'
Cardinal Paul Cullen's Irish distinction
Cardinal Paul Cullen's Irish distinction
Ireland's first cardinal (1866)
Ultramontanism meaning
Ultramontanism meaning
Strong loyalty to papal authority & centralised Church control
Papal Infallibility declaration year
Papal Infallibility declaration year
1870
Catholic Emancipation year
Catholic Emancipation year
1829
Church of Ireland Disestablishment year
Church of Ireland Disestablishment year
1869
Catholic University founding year & connection
Catholic University founding year & connection
1854, precursor to UCD
Post-Enlightenment Ireland religious character
Post-Enlightenment Ireland religious character
One of Europe's most religiously observant societies