army would not be enough to hold off the Turks‚ and going against his will‚ sent for help from the pope in Western Europe. The choice to ask for help from Western Europe was not a popular one due to the fact that the Byzantines saw there form of Christianity as heresy. Pope Gregory VII saw Byzantium’s call for help as a great opportunity to use Europe’s soldiers in the service of God. The Pope had this vision of leading the army into the east to defeat the Turks. He saw this as an excellent
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Throughout history‚ kings and popes around the world have fought back and forth‚ both aiming to receive a majority of power from the people. Over the course of history‚ the Church has gone from being extremely powerful the point where famous world leaders are excommunicated by the Pope to being very powerless and unorganized to the point where the Church gets taken over by French leaders and moved to different locations. The pope is the most powerful leader amongst the people of the church. Therefore
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emperor of Germany and Gregory VII was the Pope. The controversy between these men brought about many issues. In 1706‚ these issues are brought up in a long letter written by Henry IV. He addresses this letter to the Pope (Noble 250). Henry IV begins this letter to the Pope by immediately denouncing him and calling him a “false monk” (250). Henry goes into detail on how the Pope has not brought honor but disgrace to the church. He points out the mistreatment of the Pope when he says‚ “you have
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like a political system would have. The infallibility of the Pope began to be recognized by the Roman Catholic Church as it started to developed its own laws‚ control many lands‚ and taxes. This allowed the church to become very wealthy‚ maintain power and function like a king. The position of Pope became a position associated with power. Gregory the great (6th century) declared himself “the servant of servants.” Later‚ Gregory VII (11th century) believed that he was a Vicar of Christ and everyone
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century‚ Pope Gelasius I told the Roman emperor it was important to defer to papal authority. He wrote this in a demanding and domineering way in order to maintain power over secular rulers. Gelasius I’s letter illustrates the idea of papal primacy where he stated‚ “[P]iously bow your neck to those who have charge of divine affairs” (doc. 3). Since the pope argued that rulers should “bow” to the clergy‚ this indicates the power of the pope over secular rulers. Similarly‚ Pope Gregory VII asserted
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supposed to be elected by the clergy of the diocese‚ but in practice‚ anointed kings who claimed themselves to be God’s vicars‚ appointed bishops and invested them with the symbols of their spiritual and temporal authority‚ which made power of the popes been challenged. To promote the idea of papal monarchy‚ reformers seized the opportunity to take the papacy by force while the king‚ Henry IV‚ was still a child and could not react. When Henry IV reached adulthood‚ he continued to appoint his own bishops
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Clergy‚ and Litany. The Catechism of the Church states that the Pope‚ Bishop of Rome and Peter’s successor‚ is the perpetual and visible source of the foundation of the unity of the bishops and all the faithful in one whole company or unity. Pope Clement V‚ when elected as Pope. He had decided rather than moving to Rome‚ Clement V lived in Avignon‚ a small town in France‚ and after his death many other Popes to come still continued to live and continue their papacy there in
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Rulers who want complete and total power would lean towards being feared and those who wanted to be powerful without exerting utter fear would disagree with Machiavelli’s comment. Rulers such as Louis XI‚ Charlemagne‚ Ferdinand and Isabella‚ and Gregory VII would altogether have totally different opinions. Louis XI would whole-heartedly agree with Machiavelli‚ after all‚ he was often called “the most terrible king that had ever ruled France.” He would often times use utterly horrendous methods of
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borders against other barbarian attacks. I. Earned him the title “the Great d. Enlisted the Church in a careful rebuilding program I. Crowned bishops and abbots royal princes and agents of the king. e. Responded to a call of help from Pope John XII. I. Pope John crowned Otto I emperor for helping him in 962.
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Gregory and his ideas played an important role in many of the changes‚ a knowledge of his pontificate is essential for understanding later European history‚ up to and including the present. Gregory has not lacked historians‚ from his own time onwards. Among the pregnant changes of his time was a shift from speech towards writing as the principal means of government communication and record. Mainly as a result‚ Gregory’s pontificate was covered by a burst of contemporary documentation. Since
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