Ingraining Christianity; Charlemagne’s Legacy “From this account and from his work a remarkably vivid picture can be formed of a dignified‚ majestic figure‚ striving to make the transition from warlord to ruler of a great Christian empire‚ and having remarkable success” (Roberts). Soon after his death‚ Charlemagne’s empire collapsed. However‚ he left in place a structure that allowed Christianity to flourish in Europe. Charlemagne’s empire cemented Christianity as the dominant religion in Europe
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01.05 The Byzantines: Objectives Who Were the Byzantines? The Roman Empire had stretched so large by the fourth century CE that it had several provincial capitals. The two most important political centers were Rome in the West and Constantinople in the East‚ which had formerly been called Byzantium. The emperor‚ Constantine the Great‚ rebuilt Byzantium to resemble “Old Rome‚” and so this political center became known as the “New Rome.” Although those who lived in Constantinople referred to themselves
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Power of Church From the beginning of times‚ humanity was organized in small groups ruled by some authority. Small groups grew into the tribes‚ tribes into villages‚ villages into the countries. In the sixteenth century Europe Catholic Church and pope was the ultimate authority‚ world view‚ science and most importantly politics was based on Catholic church. Towards the eighteenth century even though religion was still huge part of European society‚ scientific revolution along with the enlightenment
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At this time there were two men that play a role in this process. Leo was the first “so-called” of the popes. “He was the Bishop of Rome (they weren’t called popes at the time)‚ and his reign was from 440 to 461‚ right to the end of the Roman Empire” (Babcock 2011 p.142). Leo was responsible for the Attila not destroying Rome‚ and this was the beginning of the name pope. Leo also merged his power over the church. He was the first to take ownership of what is called “Petrine authority”
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1510 Luther took a pilgrimage to Rome and performed various acts of devotion in sacred places. For instance‚ at a staircase supposedly taken from Pilate’s judgment hall‚ he walked up the steps on his knees in order to obtain an indulgence promised by Pope
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The Reformation: Catholicism As Madonna Ciccone once said‚ “Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It’s a painful religion. We’re all gluttons for punishment.” Roman Catholicism arguably had the most decisive spiritual role in the history of Western Civilization. Its origins can be traced as far back as Jesus Christ and the Apostles. Today‚ the Catholic Church amasses over 11.1 billion members and has developed a sophisticated theology and hierarchy led by the papacy. By examining the Reformation
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Italy. He is also known as Zacharias. He is of Greek ancestry. The son of Polichronius‚ who was a Benedictine monk from Greece‚ was also a cardinal and then a Pope. Saint Zachary followed Pope Gregory III. in 741. Saint Zachary loved the clergy and devoted himself to the people of Rome. In his time‚ there was fighting all over Italy. Pope Zachary kept making Peace and saving the people from the wars. When Saint Zachary learned that Lombards were going to attack Rome he met with the king‚ the attack
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powerfully shaped the Protestant Reformation and the subsequent history of Western Civilization the socio-political situation in Europe‚ the corruption of the Roman Curia and the papacy‚ the new insights of textual criticism and return to sources advocated by renaissance humanism‚ and the impact of the printing press. In actual history‚ these factors combined with Luther’s theological insights to create the “perfect storm” of the Protestant Reformation Long before Luther‚ the peoples of the Holy
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the unrestricted sale of indulgences by pardoners. Popes sold the indulgences‚ which were suppose to forgive people’s sins. The Pardoner‚ the main character in the “Pardoner’s Tale” preaches to villagers about sin and collects money. When telling the story‚ the Pardoner gives an example of three rioters
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Charlemagne was way ahead of his time in many aspects. Though granting the church complete independence he watched over their actions like a vulture flying over fresh death . Promoting social stability and implementing hierarchical order in addition with being seen through spectacles of reverence‚ this was a huge advantage to himself using the church as a backbone to lay his own foundation. Charlemagne holds a unique position in the history of the Christian church. If he had not stood on his bloodthirsty
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