1. BAPTISM  Admittance to the church

2. CONFIRMATION  Holy Spirit conferred upon those becoming adult members of the church

3. EUCHARIST  Communion- the honoring of Christ’s death and resurrection; central part of mass

4. MARRIAGE  Formal union of man and woman

5. RECONCILIATION  Forgiveness by God for an act a person regrets

6. ORDINATION  Becoming a priest

7. LAST RITES  Final blessing for sick and dying

8. HENRY IV POSITION  He wanted to stay in power Put his friends in high positions in the church  He appointed Pope through Divine Right (being chosen by God to be King)

9. LAY INVESTITURE  Def: The ability of the King to appoint the office of the Pope in the church

10. POPE GREGORY VII POSITION  Church was getting more and more corrupt (being dishonest and immoral)  People were slowly turning on the church  Pope Gregory VII wanted to change this view