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1. Ascendance of the Catholic Church
EQ: What role does the Catholic Church
have in the lives and politics of the
people and Monarchies of Medieval
Europe?

4. The Earliest Churches
•Christianity became successful especially to
the poor.
•Christians were guided by the lessons from
the disciples and letters of St. Paul.
•There is a conflict between Christians and
roman Empire.
•Christians were blamed for “The Great Fire
of Rome’’

6. Power of the Catholic Church
•Roman Catholic Church and European
monarchies gained power as Middle Ages
progressed
•Efficient organization of Catholic church
gave it enormous influence in almost all
aspects of everyday life

7. Organization of the Catholic Church
•All clergy (“workers” in the church) had a rank:

8. The Pope
•Supreme head of the Roman Catholic
Church
•Bishop of Rome
•Highest ranking clergy member within
the church
Pope Leo III
Pope Francis
266
th
Pope -
Current
Pope Gregory VII

9. Cardinals
•Assisted the Pope
•Appointed by the Pope
•Helped watch over the
clergy below him

10. Bishops
•Governed areas called dioceses from/with
great cathedrals

11. Priests
•Served local communities called parishes
•Each parish had its own church building with
a Priest

12. Monks and Nuns (Monastic Orders)
•Lived in isolated communities, grew own food
•Monastic Orders learned to read Latin and
copied, translated, and preserved ancient and
religious texts

13. Power of the Church
•Church had great wealth, and large influence in
European politics, making it more powerful than
any individual monarch
•Papacy’s authority often greater than a kings
•European monarchs often built strong relationships
with Church because the Church had such a huge
influence over so many people in Europe

14. Order was determined by GodOrder was determined by God
Political System (Worldly) Religious System (Spiritual)
3 Groups of People – Men of Work, Men of War, & Men of Prayer
No opportunity
for advancement
Religious system offers
more opportunity for
advancement making
it attractive to non-nobles
& 3
rd
+ born sons
Pope
Religious
Nobility
Monks & Priests
Believers & Lay People
Men of War Men of Prayer
Men of Work

16. Charles Martel
•The Savior of the
Christians

17. Charlemagne
•Grandson of Charles
Martel

18. The Crusades
Religious War between Christianity and Muslim