The Roman Catholic Church

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The Roman Catholic Church
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I. Life in the Middle Ages

• 1. No strong government
• a. Chaos and violence
• b. Church stepped in
• -provided
• -rules
• -leadership
• -spirituality
• -hope for poor
• -religious education
• So, why did the Catholic Church become so
  powerful during the
• Middle Ages?

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II. Power of the Church

• 1. Cannon Law
• a. Church court system
• -final word on all disputes
• -those who break Cannon Law
• may be convicted of Heresy
• may be Excommunicated.
• -excluded from Church
• and Heaven

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III. The Church Learning

• 1. Most common people unable to read or write
• a. Relied on Priests to
• -translate Bible
• -write marriage contracts
• -educate people
• 2. The Church School
• a. Oxford Cambridge England
• b. Thomas Aquinas
• -Religion, Reason Medicine
• c. Roger Bacon
• -Father of Experimental Science

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IV. The Church Art

• 1. Monks
• a. Devoted lives to church
• b. Decorated pages of Bible
• -Book of Kells
• 2. Architecture
• a. Romanesque
• -thick stone walls
• -small windows
• -round arches
• b. Gothic
• -high ceilings
• -stained glass
• -pointed arches
• -towers