Exam 3 - Chapters 12-17 Flashcards
What is the great outstanding fact in the ten centuries of the of Middle Ages?
The development of the papal power.
What were the difference between the claims of the pope in earlier ages and during the Middle Ages?
The pope claimed to be ‘universal bishop’ & the head of the church.
Now he claims to be ruler of the nations, above kings and emperors.
Between what years was the first stage of papal power and between what ruling popes was it?
590-1073
Beginning with pontificate of Gregory I, the Great,
Ending with Gregory VII, better known as Hildebrand.
What were some of the things that Gregory I, “the Great” did?
•Sent missionaries to England for the crystallization of its people.
•Extended the realm of the church by an active interest in the conversion of the nations in Europe, still remaining heathen, and in bringing over the orthodox faith in Aryan Visigoths in Spain.
•Withstood successfully the claim of the patriarch of the Constantinople to the title of the universal pope, he made the church, virtual ruler of the province around Rome, that’s paving the way for temporal power. •Developed certain doctrines of the Roman church, especially the adoration of images, purgatory, and transubstantiation, or the belief that in mass or communion the bread and wine are miraculously transformed into the veritable body and blood of Christ.
What religion arose in the early Middle Ages?
Islam
Who was the founder of Islam?
Muhammad
What governmental system arose in the Middle Ages?
The Holy Roman Empire
What was the condition of Europe before it appeared?
Europe was in disorder.
Ruled by tribes
Otto I was considered:
One of the emperors after Charlemagne to be a true founder of the German Empire.
The CRUSADES WERE A SERIES OF RELIGIOUS WARS DURING THE MIDDLE AGES. WHAT CAN WE SAY ABOUT THE CRUSADES?
THEY WERE INSPIRED AND UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE CHURCH
The religion known as Islam, is a word meaning
Submission.
Some of the favorable aspects of the Muslim religion are (4) (SOAR)
Simplicity of doctrine
Opposition to worship images
Reject the priestly mediation and the saints.
Abstinence from intoxicating beverages
Whose concept of God is this?
Is a fierce, relentless oriental despot, without love for humanity outside the followers of the Prophet.
Mohammedan
Islam practically leaves Christ out of its docuinal scheme. In the Mohammedan view he is not the Lord of the heavenly kingdom, the Son of the Savior of the men, but
Is reduced to the rank of a Jewish prophet, inferior to Mohammed
How did monasticism originate?
in the caves of upper Egypt, during the 4th century.