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Growing in a Crumbling Era Spreading the Faith, Bringing Order to Chaos. In-class read left column of page 103 In-class read timeline on right column of page 103 In the Western Empire, the Church was strong and the state weak In the Eastern Empire, the Church was weaker
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Growing in a Crumbling EraSpreading the Faith, Bringing Order to Chaos In-class read left column of page 103 In-class read timeline on right column of page 103 In the Western Empire, the Church was strong and the state weak In the Eastern Empire, the Church was weaker but the state was stronger
The Eastern rulers were so strong that in effect they dominated the church • Many of these Eastern Emperors were Arians (denied the divinity of Jesus) and appointed Arian bishops • Barbarians in the East who converted to Christianity usually converted to Arianism • As the barbarians moved West to conquer the Western Empire their took Arianism with them
After the fall of the Western Empire due to barbarians from the East, the West was ruled by a series of barbarian chieftains in the name of the Eastern Empire. • The empire in the East s now known as the Byzantine Empire • The name came from the original name of Constantinople, which was Byzantium • Read together in-class the bottom paragraph on page 106 up to the top paragraph on page 107
The Rise of a New Key Figure:Clovis • A group on non-Christian barbarians arose in the West named the Franks • Their leader was Clovis • This group of Franks was more acceptable to Christians as the hostility between Arians and Christians had risen to new highs • Clovis converted to Christianity as he conquered the Arian West and began the decline of Arianism
In-class read together “Arianism on the Wane, Christendom on the rise” on bottom of left column of page 108 and continuing on the top og the right column of the same page At “Justinian: The Last Strong Emperor” STOP