The Theme System

question 12

Multiple Choice

The theme system

• A) weakened the peasantry by taking their land away.
• B) made land available to the peasants in return for military service.
• C) led to the break between the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches.
• D) limited the religious authority of the Byzantine emperors.
• E) was the foundation of the Byzantine educational structure.

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Definitions:

Divine Command Theory

A theory suggesting that morality is determined by God's commands, and what is morally right is what God has decreed.

Religious Texts

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Superstition

Belief in supernatural causality—that certain events happen because of the influence of "luck," magic, or rituals, without scientific evidence.

Hare

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