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Role of the Church - 14th Century Role of Catholic Church during Middle Ages 1) Europe
had no central government 2)
Catholic Church became the most powerful organization 3) People
were extremely religious 4) Center
of learning 5) Church
clergy - learned Latin - only ones who could read and write 6) Church
kept record of births, deaths, land sales, etc. 7) Cared
for sick and poor 8) Pope =
leader of Catholic Church in Rome 9) Priest a) Took
care of parish b)
Administered the 7 sacraments 10) Holy
Inquisition - investigated anyone who disobeyed or disagreed with Church
teachings |
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Here is a brief summary of
14th Century Christian History. 1414 -1417 - The Council of
Constance seeks to end the Great Schism, the embarrassment of having two or
three popes competing for authority and power. 1453 -- The Turks capture
Constantinople and turn St. Sophia Basilica into a mosque. The many scholars
fleeing west encourage a revival of classical learning - the Renaissance. Florence under the Medicis becomes
the center of Renaissance humanism. Brunelleschi, Donatello, Michelangelo,
Botticelli, and Leonardo da Vinci all create important works of art with
Christian themes. At the same time the Medicis become supporters of a papacy
more worldly than ever before. 1492 -- Columbus' voyage and a new
age of exploration and Christian expansion begin. |
