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Title: The Early Medieval Church


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The Early Medieval Church
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Objective
  • Understand why the Christian Church became an
    authoritative power during the medieval period

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Christianity after the fall of the Roman Empire
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The Rise of the Pope
  • After the fall of Rome, there was no single
    authority to maintain order in society
  • Bishop of Rome becomes the Pope (father)
  • Papacy? The office of the Pope

Peter is considered the 1st Pope to many
Christians
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Pope Gregory I (590-604 CE)
  • Helped to developed Church teaching
  • Created rules of behavior for priests
  • Followed the decisions of past councils
  • Aided in developing Western monasticism (centers
    of Christian life)
  • Believed in one huge Christian kingdom
    (Christendom)

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Mass Conversions
  • Missionaries? Those who spent their lives
    spreading the Christian message
  • Pagans? those who held beliefs of multiple/nature
    Gods
  • Barbarian kings and tribes begin converting
  • Clovis becomes 1st Barbarian king to convert in
    496 CE
  • Celts in Ireland (St. Patrick)
  • Anglo-Saxons in England
  • Archbishop of Canterbury becomes head of English
    Church
  • Visigoths in Spain

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This is St. Clements victory over a dragon near
the German city of Metz. Stories like these were
created to help pagans convert to Christianity.
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Converting people to Christianity was not easy.
In fact, many missionaries tried hard to convert
people by using the Bible. In this case, these
individuals who struggled to convert were thrown
into water to drown or were secluded by their
tribes on an island.
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The Power of the Church Grows
  • Constantine calls the Council of Nicea to
    organize Christian beliefs (325)
  • Heresy? those who oppose or differ from the
    traditional teachings of the Christian Church
  • Heretic? someone accused of heresy
  • Organizing the Christian Church forced many to
    abandon their beliefs or die

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Peter Abelard was a famous philosopher who was
charged with heresy at one point in his life.
John Wycliffe
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Question
  • Assess the relationship between the Coronation
    of Charlemagne and the Christian Church. In your
    opinion, who has more power, the Church or
    Kings/Emperors? Why?
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