12/7/15 Bell Ringer1. What predictions can

you make about the people who built this medieval cathedral?

2. What was this building used for?

3. Challenge Question:What is a friar?

12/7/15 Bell RingerYou are a stone carver, apprenticed to a master builder. The bishop has hired your master to design a huge new church. He wants the church to inspire and impress worshippers with the glory of God. Your master has entrusted you with the decoration of the outside of the church. You are excited by the challenge!

What kind of art will you create for the church?

**study for your vocab. quiz!!**

I can explain the importance of the Medieval Catholic church and the spread of Christianity during the Middle Ages.

SPI 7.39 Explain the importance of the Catholic church as a political, intellectual, and aesthetic institution, including founding of universities,

political and spiritual roles of the clergy, creation of monastic and mendicant religious orders, preservation of the Latin language and

religious texts, Thomas Aquinas’s synthesis of classical philosophy with Christian theology and the concept of “natural law.”

The Spread of Christianity• Why will Christianity begin to spread during

the Middle Ages?

The Church in the Middle Ages• Religion was a huge part of everyday life

• People were Christian/Roman Catholic

• People were loyal to the Pope - the head of the Roman Catholic Church and

spiritual authority over all

• Freedom of religion was NOT a huge concept

Church organization• Pope in Rome

• Archbishops (regions)

• Bishops (major cities)

• Priests (manors and villages)

• Monks and nuns (monasteries)– Religious community

• The Catholic Church taught that all people were sinners and dependent on God’s grace to go to Heaven.

• The only way to get this was by taking part in the sacraments (church rituals) that were controlled by the Church

The Sacraments are:The seven sacraments are ceremonies that point to what is sacred,

significant and important for Christians.

1.Baptism

2.Confirmation

3.Penance

4.Holy orders

5.The Lord’s Supper (Communion)

6.Matrimony

7.Anointing the Sick

• Communion (Lord’s supper) commemorated Jesus’s death and sacrifice of dying on the cross to save people from their sin

• Communion is taken at the Catholic ritual weekly service known as Mass

• The Mass was said in Latin, a language few people understood

• Few could read or write and very few actually read the Bible

• For common people, the services were very hard to understand

Catholic Mass

• Monasteries are like churches where monks live.

• A monk lives a life of service to God

• A monks life includes work, meditation, and prayer

Monasteries

• Monks dressed in simple robes of coarse material.

• Most monasteries required vows of prayer and silence.

• Women could do the same in convents, but focused on spinning, weaving, and medicinal herbs.

Monks

• Although monks and nuns lived apart from society, they were important in society.

• They taught reading and writing, preserved and copied religious texts, and ran hospitals for the needy.

• In 597, the Pope Gregory I sent monks to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons (Germanic tribes that inhabited England in the 5th century)

Monks & Nuns

• By the mid-1000’s, most of Western Europe was Catholic.

• The Church had its own courts and laws. They could keep people out of heaven by preventing them from receiving the sacraments.

• The Church received donations of land from kings who wanted to ensure salvation.

• The church owned 1/3 of all land in Europe.

Rise of the Catholic Church

• Excommunication

• Give lands to the faithful

• Allow faithful people to be appointed to Church offices

• Cash money ($$$)

Church Power over People

• By 900 AD, many Christians were calling for Church reform. This began in Monasteries.

• One of the most important changes occurred in 1059. The Church said that political leaders could no longer participate in the election of the Pope.

• “Cardinals” would now elect the Pope, rather than secular (non-church) authorities.

Church Reform

• In 1215, Pope Innocent III tried to reform the Church.

• He convened a council that condemned drunkenness, feasting, and dancing among Church officials.

• To seek out and punish heretics, the Church set up a court in 1232 known as the Inquisition. Sponsored by

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• Friars were wandering preachers that encouraged further reform in the 1200s.

• They followed monastic rules but lived among common people to preach.

Friars & Reform

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Medieval Catholic Church Quiz1) Who is the leader of the Catholic Church?

A. King of FranceB. King of EnglandC. Holy Roman EmperorD. Pope

2) True or False: During the Middle Ages the Catholic Church was rich and powerful.A. TRUEB. FALSE

3) How did the church become so wealthy?A. Through tithes from the peopleB. Paying of penancesC. Paying of sacramentsD. All of the above

4) Cathedrals were usually designed in what shape?A. StarB. CrossC. DiamondD. Circle

5) A cathedral was the headquarters of this church leader?A. PriestB. AbbotC. BishopD. MonkE. Nun

Medieval Catholic Church Quiz6) True or False: Cathedrals during the Middle Ages were built rapidly and with little regard to quality.

A. TRUEB. FALSE

7) What did Gothic architecture allow for in cathedrals?A. Thinner wallsB. Taller wallsC. Tall windows on the wallsD. All of the aboveE. None of the above

8) Who was usually the first person to be converted to Christianity in a country?A. A farmerB. The bishopC. A knightD. The queenE. The king

9) What is the main body of a cathedral called?A. NaveB. TranseptC. AltarD. ApexE. Narthex

10) True or False: The Jews played an important role in the economy of Europe during the Middle Ages.A. TRUEB. FALSE

1. What is Catholic Mass?2. What is the name of the

building monks live in?3. List 1 example of power that

the Catholic Church had.4. Name 1 of the Catholic

reform movements.