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The Breakdown and Revival of the Medieval Church. Pope Innocent III. Accomplishments of someone so Innocent?. Increased papal authority through the plentitude of power . Had the authority to declare saints. Turned the church into a secular authority as well as spiritual one. Pope Urban IV.
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Accomplishments of someone so Innocent? • Increased papal authority through the plentitude of power. • Had the authority to declare saints. • Turned the church into a secular authority as well as spiritual one.
Pope Urban IV • Created own Church court known as the RotaRomana, which made the Church even more political.
Boniface VIII • “You tax my people, I’ll hit you with a Papal Bull!”
Enemies of Boniface VIII • Edward IPhilip T. Fair
Boniface’s “Unam Sanctum” • Put the Church ahead in all matters religious or otherwise, angering Philip. • What did Philip T. Fair do?
Unfortunately for Boniface VIII… • Philip’s Henchmen beat him up, later he died from the injuries.
Clement V • Changed much of what Boniface had done. • Important: He moved the papacy to Avignon, France!
The Avignon Papacy 1309-1377 • Became a huge moneymaker, increasing taxes of local people and selling indulgences.
Pope John XXII • Most powerful Avignon Pope • Battled with Louis IV over moving the papacy back to Italy.
Supporters of Louis IV • Marsilius of Padua • Defender of the Peace- depicted the pope as a subordinate member of a society. • William of Ockham • Argued against papal authority.
John Wycliffe*started the Lollards in England. Accused of Donatism- the teaching that the Church sacraments are only as effective as the people who administer them.
John Huss • Started the Hussites in Bohemia.
The Great Schism 1378 • Clement VII (French) Urban VI (Italian)
Conciliar Movement • The Church should be subject to councils, eliminating the absolute rule of the Pope. • Council of Pisa • Council of Constance • Council of Basil
Consequences • Secular control of churches increased • Kings asserted power over the Church. • Religious life regulated.
How was the power of the Church permanently weakened after the late 14th century? * * * * * * * *