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A Power Struggle: Popes and Kings

Standard 7.6.4, 7.1.3. A Power Struggle: Popes and Kings. VS. King Henry IV. Pope Gregory VII. The Pope and King: A Power Struggle. Since the large majority of the people of Feudal Europe were Christian the Pope had tremendous power over every body. Remember he was “God on Earth”

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A Power Struggle: Popes and Kings

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  1. Standard 7.6.4, 7.1.3 A Power Struggle: Popes and Kings VS. King Henry IV Pope Gregory VII

  2. The Pope and King: A Power Struggle • Since the large majority of the people of Feudal Europe were Christian the Pope had tremendous power over every body. Remember he was “God on Earth” • Popes thought they should select Bishops. • Kings also thought they should have the power to select the bishops.

  3. Pope Gregory VII vs. King Henry IV • In 1073 King Henry IV selected a bishop that Pope Gregory VII did not like. • The Pope excommunicated (cast him out of the church) Henry IV. • Remember :Christians believe that if you die while excommunicated you will not go to heaven. • Desperate, he turned to his nobles for support, but they were also afraid. • The king apologized and asked for forgiveness. • In fact, the king stood barefoot in the snow for three days before the Pope would even talk to him.

  4. The Great SchismThe East and West Clash • The west believed the Pope should be the leader of all churches in both the east and west. • The Byzantine east disagreed. • Pope Leo IV argued that the first pope was leader of the both east and west so all other popes should also be leader of both sides.

  5. A Byzantine patriarch (holy leader) refused to say the pope was the leader so Pope Leo IX excommunicated him • This is called the “Great Schism” or split between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church of today.

  6. Assignment • Create a political cartoon showing your understanding of both the “Great Schism” and “The Power Struggle” between Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV. • Write an explanation of what you drew and why beneath each.

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