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All Saints Day Prayer (Lit. of the Hours)

All Saints Day Prayer (Lit. of the Hours) . Father, All-Powerful and ever-living God, today we rejoice in the holy men and women of every time and place. May their prayers bring us your forgiveness and love We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Announcements .

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All Saints Day Prayer (Lit. of the Hours)

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  1. All Saints Day Prayer (Lit. of the Hours) Father, All-Powerful and ever-living God,today we rejoice in the holy men and womenof every time and place.May their prayers bring us your forgiveness and loveWe ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

  2. Announcements • HW: Finish Review Worksheets • Exam on Tuesday November 10th !! • Christmas Cards • Pray for Brittany Palmer

  3. Chapter 4 ConcludedChapter 5

  4. St. Hilary • Latin Church Father • Athanasius of the West • Fought Arianism • Heretics: followers of Christianity who were trying to explain the same ideas, but in different terms

  5. The Three Cappadocians

  6. St. Basil the Great • Community life is essential • Teachings = Greek Church legislation • Father of Eastern Monasticism • Fought Arianism • “if people only took what they needed, there would be no rich or poor.”

  7. St. Basil • Worked for clerical rights • Saw that Priests were properly trained • Provided for the spiritual and material needs of the laity • Built a social system of hospitals and social service institutions • Divine Liturgy

  8. St. Gregory of Nazianzus • Five Theological Orations = Third person of the Trinity • Against Arianism • “Gregory Bishop”

  9. St. Gregory of Nyssa • Became monk after wife died • On Virginity • Attacked Arianism/ “Theotokos”

  10. Pope St. Leo the Great d. 461 • Consolidated Papal Power (NT) • Gained Papal Jurisdiction (West) • “First Pope”(modern)

  11. St. Augustine of Hippo • Mother = Christian • Father = pagan • Studied Law • Student of rhetoric (Cicero) • Manichaeists

  12. St. Augustine of Hippo Found Difficult: - The Bible - Origin of Evil Left Manichaeism after questions went unanswered

  13. St. Augustine “My heart will not rest until it rests in You.”

  14. Augustine’s Most Important Works • City of God • Confessions

  15. Light in the Dark Ages Chapter 5

  16. The Collapse of the Roman Empire Part I

  17. The Fall of Rome • Began in 410 AD • Empire NOT completely Christianized • Loss of civil system • Rome fell to the Barbarians

  18. The Barbarians: • Brought primitive justice/ Religion • Lacked moral codes • Social understanding countered the Church’s

  19. Fall of Rome: Impact on the Church • No scholarship = illiteracy • Roads became unsafe = stop to evangelization • Primitive religious practices = Christians began to act (again) like pagans

  20. Church Structure • Modeled after the Empire • Christianity and Empire = intertwined • Barbarian invasions changed these views

  21. Germanic Tribes

  22. The Germanic Tribes • Diverse/ divided culture • Same language • Agrarian Society • Encouraged by Romans to settle along the boarder of Rome

  23. The Goths • Visigoths/ Ostrogoths • First to invade the Empire

  24. Ulphilas: Apostle to the Goths • Translated Bible into Gothic • Ordained Bishop • Converted Goths/Vandals to Arianism

  25. The Franks • Clovis (Chieftain) • First to convert to Christianity

  26. The Huns • Ruthless/ferocious • Took Romans/Germanic Tribes by surprise

  27. Attila the Hun • “The Scourge of God” • Brave warrior • Skilled Diplomat • Ruthless • Left Rome after meeting Pope St. Leo

  28. Church’s Interpretation of Barbarian Invasions: • Church is Universal • Established independence from Rome • Had to alter evangelization techniques • Monasticism = access to the people

  29. Christian Attitudes Towards the Barbarian Invasions: • Discouraged • Christ was about to Return • Just punishment for their sins

  30. The Rise of Monasticism Part II

  31. Monasticism • Prayer • Self-denial • Seclusion from the world • Living under a fixed rule with professed vows

  32. Monastic Communities • Withdrew from the world in order to seek God through asceticism and silence. • Asceticism: life characterized by the absence of worldly pleasures

  33. Two Types of Monasticism: • Eremitical: hermit • Cenobitical: community life

  34. St. Paul of Thebes • First Hermit • Anchorite (solitary monk) • Desert Father (wanted to be inaccessible)

  35. St. Anthony • Gave away all possessions • “do not be anxious about tomorrow” (Matthew 6:34) • Offered self as a martyr to Diocletian • Fled further into the desert (solitude) • Athanasius: Biography

  36. Monasteries Served As: • A source of great spiritual strength • Seminaries for priests and bishops • Centers of evangelization to the barbarian tribes

  37. The Effect of Monasteries on Europe: • Recovery and evangelization of rural society • Intellectual • Civilization

  38. St. Benedict: The “Patriarch of Western Monasticism” • Desert Monk • Abbot • Great Healer • Organized monasteries

  39. Benedictine Rule • Chanting the Psalms and reading prayers in the community (four hours) • Private Prayer and Scriptural reading (four hours) • Physical Labor (six hours) • Meals and sleep (ten hours)

  40. Pope St. Gregory The Great • Last of Latin Doctors • Abbot • Deacon of Rome • Nuncio • Pope – made peace with Lombards without consent

  41. The Rise of Islam Part III

  42. Islam • Muhammed/ Archangel Gabriel • Hagar (Ishmael)

  43. Five Pillars of Islam • The Shahada • Prayer • Zakah: (alms) • The Hajj: Mecca • Ramadan

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