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The Roman Empire
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| The shifting boundaries of Empire from 117 to 269 |
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| B. the shifting boundaries of empire from 117 to 269. (a lot of territory) |
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| reorganize the empire had 2 jr. emperors |
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| -he saw the cross on the sun |
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| C. the battle of the Milvian Bridge (October 28,312) |
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| D. The Edict of Milan (313) |
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| -He recognized the church and recovered church property |
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| he moved the seat of political to the East from Rome |
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| Christianity (@300-1050) - The Needs |
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A. The need for clear articulation of core benefits
B. the need for a canon
C. need for purity- many other religions
D. need for evangelization - spread the good news |
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- teachers (apostles) & servers (Deacons) - Acts 6 *did actions of helping people
- Local village church leadership: Elders (presbytrs) & priests *Local village church leadership; responsible to take care of the church
- The bishop= the priest of the church of the largest city in the local area (Diocese) Responsible for the area
- The Archbishop (metropolitan) = the bishop of the largest church in the largest city in a collection of Dioceses (province) -WA STATE - Responsible for leader of the churches
- The patriarch- the bishops of the 5 largest cities (Alexandria, Antioch, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Rome) in the 5 largest geographical divisions in the Roman Empire (patriarchates) In charge of the church
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| Christianity (@300-1050) The Challenge |
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| as the center of political power in the Rome Empire shifted from Rome eastward, the church adapted to this change in a variety of ways which resulted in significant tensions within the church itself as well as between the church, local political authorities in the West, and the political authority of the Byzantine Emperors in the East. |
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| The fracture lines of empire |
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| -he moves political center to east and divides the empire |
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| The decline of Urban life |
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| -urban life starts to dissolve in about 410, people can't be secure in the cities anymore |
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The church as a stabilizing force
1. in political life |
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-two forces they have
-excommunication: cut off from the means of grace
-interdict: ability to put the entire tribal people under excommunication |
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1. the church - where God has put you in hierarchy estate is where you stay
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Monastic ED.
-learning at this point was to my to pass knowledge to new generations, and not try to learn to know things
-scripture passes to next generation, not consider new knowledge, ut passing to next generation |
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A new name (Byzantine) and a new capital (Constantinople or Byzantium)
EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE |
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to 1453
the byzantine empire |
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| One true empire for the one true faith |
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| picture- giving the church and capital |
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The empire at its height under Justinian (527-565)
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| Justinian help take some bind back |
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| -political authority is starting to be the same as church |
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Sources of tension in the church- West and East
A. Language, Geography, and the culture |
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-West services are in the latin b/c Roman Empire
-East constrainive Greek language urbanized and much more wealthy
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| The authority of the Bishop of Rome |
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| -Now called the pope Peter died in Rome, Christ said that's where the church will be build |
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| The competition for converts |
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| when missionaries would go somewhere they would learn about each other |
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Right Diverging beliefs (orthodox)
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- On the person and nature of Christ
- On the Trinity (Filioque) -holy spirit relations to Trinity
- on the afterlife (purgatory) -getting rid of your sins (No purgatory in the Eastern)
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| Diverging practices (orthopraxy) |
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- Iconoclasm "image-breaking" 720s-840s) east tried to get rid of icons; icons are art forms used to describe Christ faith, not worshipped. understand spiritual reality
- divorce clerical marriage
- language of worship (in West lang. was in Latin; but in East have their own
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The Great Schism (1054)
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-patriarch Michael (curularius 1053-1054)
-Pope Leo IX (1049- ) |
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blue -divinity
green-humanity
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- The appt. of cervlarius
- criticism of the Roman church criticize the leader church in Latin
- Pope Leo IX letter says that he is more important; questions authority; Pope dies & excommunicates the part
- the letter of excommunication; of the patriarch
- The Eastern council - they condemn the letter, can't talk about it; they excommunicate the Western Pope
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| The Western Church becomes the _____ |
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| -Roman Catholic (universal) church for everyone |
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| The Eastern church becomes the _____ |
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| Eastern Orthodox (right belief) church |
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| The Eastern Orthodox church and the C0 150 worldview Questions |
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