History of Funeral Service Exam Questions And Answers 100% Pass
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History of Funeral Service Exam Questions
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Medieval Period / Dark Ages / Middle ages - answerHad embalming performed for scientific
and research purposes, not religious purposes.
Christian Influences on funeral behavior - answer*Early Middle Age*
1. Occurred with the emerg...
History of Funeral Service Exam Questions
And Answers 100% Pass
Medieval Period / Dark Ages / Middle ages - answer✔Had embalming performed for scientific
and research purposes, not religious purposes.
Christian Influences on funeral behavior - answer✔*Early Middle Age*
1. Occurred with the emergence of the Christian church from persecution and the catacombs into
the daylight
- The recall of simple white garments for burial gave way to elaborate costumes to show social
position
2. The dead were brought to church for a *Requiem Mass* that was sung or said on the day of
burial (Was considered *ostentation*)
Burial Trends during Middle Ages - answer✔Greatly influenced by the church.
Catafalque - answer✔*Middle Ages*
Raised platform (with or without canopy) used for body to lie in state.
Church and Cemetery burial *Middle Ages* - answer✔1. Constantine's Edict of Toleration was
an influence
- The Christian desire to be buried near their churches in towns and cities, which later became a
desire to be buried inside of the church.
- Burial within the church had its nuisance aspects, causing stench in the church and eventually
caused the halt of burying within the walls.
- Later is was a common practice throughout Europe for each church or town to maintain a small
churchyard burial ground sufficient for the needs of its parishioners
Disposition and Contagion *Middle Ages* - answer✔*Middle Ages*
1. Some recognized problems involved with the disposition in relation to sanitation and
contagion.
2. Especially after battles, massacres or natural catastrophes
3. Some commissions were entrusted with precautions such as
- Special removal or corpses
- Depth of graves
4. The disposition of corpses by earth burial later led to serious problems.
Prugatorial Doctrine - answer✔*Middle Ages*
Catholic belief that those whose souls are not perfectly cleansed undergo a process of cleansing
before they can enter Heaven
- (Led to League of Prayer)
League of Prayer - answer✔Formed in the Middle Ages by lay persons to bury the dead and pray
for the souls of the faithful departed.
- Were lay organizations not religion orders
- Became quite common in England
-*Guild of all souls in London* - Dedicated to prayer for faithful departed Christians.
Steward of the Guild - answer✔*Middle Ages*
Person appointed by the priest to be in charge of collecting fees for the use of the church and for
prayer; scheduled funeral masses and saw to any details that needed to be accompanied by the
church.
Soul Shot - answer✔*Middle Ages*
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