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Western Christianity in the Middle Ages

Western Christianity in the Middle Ages. Timeline. ‘Dark Ages’: barbarian invasions Papacy Piety Crusades Gothic architecture St. Anselm of Canterbury. Middle Ages: Timeline. 6 th -10 th c. The Early Middle Ages  11 th -13 th c. The High Middle Ages

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Western Christianity in the Middle Ages

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  1. Western Christianity in the Middle Ages • Timeline. • ‘Dark Ages’: barbarian invasions • Papacy • Piety • Crusades • Gothic architecture • St. Anselm of Canterbury

  2. Middle Ages: Timeline • 6th-10th c. The Early Middle Ages  11th-13th c. The High Middle Ages  14th- 15th c. The Late Middle Ages

  3. Barbarian invasions

  4. Moslem Empire in 656

  5. Moslem Empire in 750

  6. The Rise of the Papacy • Gregory accepted the bishopric of Rome at the time of famine and epidemic • Rebuilt the infrastructure of the city • Effectively acted as the ruler of Rome • Instituted penitential system in the Church Pope Gregory the Great (590-604 A. D.)

  7. The Father of Western Monasticism: St. Benedict of Nursia (480-547) Monastic vows: • Poverty • Chastity • Obedience • (Stability)

  8. Monastic reforms • Original rule: St Benedict • Cluniac reform 910 AD • Cistercian reform 1098 AD • Mendicant orders: Franciscans (1209) & Dominicans (1221) Remains of Cluny monastery. France. Citeaux monastery

  9. Monasteries in the US Today: • Cistercian (Trappist) Assumption Abbey for men in Ava, Missouri: http://assumptionabbey.org • Cistercian (Trappist) New Melleray Abbey for men in Dubuque, Iowa: http://www.newmelleray.org/index.html • Our Lady of the Mississippi monastery for women in Dubuque, Iowa: http://www.mississippiabbey.org

  10. Cult of the Saints • Pilgrimages to holy places • Intercession of the saints • Veneration of relics St. Martin of Tours (d. 397).

  11. St. Martin of Tours shares his cloak with a beggar

  12. Pope Urban II preaches the first Crusade (1095)

  13. Jerusalem in the center of the world

  14. Gothic architecture. Chartres Cathedral (1194-1260).

  15. St. Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109) • the forerunner of scholasticism • Fides querens intellectum: faith seeking understanding • Harmony of faith & reason • Ontological argument for the existence of God • Meditation on human redemption

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