Title: The Early Medieval Church
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2The Early Medieval Church
3Objective
- Understand why the Christian Church became an
authoritative power during the medieval period
4Christianity after the fall of the Roman Empire
5The 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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7Pope 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)
8Mass 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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10This is St. Clements victory over a dragon near
the German city of Metz. Stories like these were
created to help pagans convert to Christianity.
11Converting 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.
12The 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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14Peter Abelard was a famous philosopher who was
charged with heresy at one point in his life.
John Wycliffe
15Question
- 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?