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1 The Role of the Catholic Church
Target: Explain the importance of the Catholic Church as a political and spiritual institution. Success Criteria:  I can define the term CLERGY and the roles associated with it.  I can explain what a RELIGIOUS ORDER is and how they attempted to spread Christianity throughout Europe. 

2 Purpose of the Medieval Catholic Church Bell Work – 10/10/17
Discuss with your shoulder partner. Do not record.  1. What was the role of the Medieval Catholic Church? There is more than one answer. A. To teach that Heaven and Hell existed  B. To teach the only way to heaven was if the Catholic Church let them C. To dominate the life of every person, especially charging its members taxes D. To gain as much wealth and land as possible—far wealthier than any king.  E. To punish those (excommunicate) if those disagreed with church practices 

3 Purpose of the Medieval Church....
Answer: ALL OF THE ABOVE!!! The church was the center of everyone's lives. People lived in fear if they could not pay taxes (called tithes) to the Church— especially peasants who worked church lands. They believed they were going to hell. The Church was the richest institution of its time. Churches charged money for Baptisms, Marriages, And burials. Failure of payment meant an afterlife in Hell. Those not buried on holy land also went to Hell. **This is one of the reasons why Kings wanted the power to appoint Bishops/Archbishops--to get a hold of Church $$$$ and its land holdings.

4 Role of the Catholic Church Booklet:
Record the following information of the first page of the Booklet.  Define Clergy:  Religious leaders whose job is to teach religious doctrine and practices- priests, ministers, deacons, pope...

5 Role of the POPE in the Middle Ages.
The pope was the SPIRITUAL and POLITICAL leader of the Church. *seen as the authority to redeem people from sin *He was God's representative on Earth What was the political role of the clergy? *To collect taxes *Claimed power over monarchs with Church laws (canon law) *Excommunication (expel from Church)

6 Roles of the CLERGY Pyramid

7 Role of the Pope *Head of the Catholic Church and Bishop of Rome 

8 Role of the Cardinals:  *Help the Pope run the Church and can only elect a new pope. 

9 Role of the Bishops  * Runs dioceses (areas with many churches) and trains/supplies priests to a church. 

10 Role of Priests  *Runs individual churches, administers sacraments: baptism, marriage, communion 

11 Roles of Monks and Nuns Live in isolated communities
Learned to read and copy Latin to preserve religious texts

12 Independent Study: Complete Page 2 of the booklet.
Use the Handout to complete the sections titled "What is a Religious Order" and "What do Religious Orders do?" Then, turn to textbook page 95 to complete the section titled  "Role of Christian Missionaries". 

13 Spread of Christianity: Bellwork -- 10/11
Use the map on textbook page 92 to answer the following questions on page 20 in your iBook.  1. What is the title of the map? What years does the map represent?  2. Which color represents Christian areas in AD 325? The majority of those areas touch which MAJOR body of water?  3. The Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church were located in which two cities?  4. Which mountain range is just north of Italy?  5. Which country did Christianity spread to in AD 600?  6. Which color represents Christian areas added by AD 800? Who was the Frankish King responsible for spreading Christianity to his kingdom?  7. Which 3 continents did Christianity spread to from AD ?

14 Spread of Christianity Map, year 1100: Purple and Orange Areas
Which religion threatens the spread of Christianity according to the map? 

15 What reasons explain why Christianity spread across Europe (during the Middle Ages) and beyond? 
Rulers who supported Christianity—can you name a few?  A strong papacy (pope) committed to protecting the spread of Christianity through warfare against the Muslims—The Crusades! Sending Monks and Missionaries to newly conquered territory to convert people – which Saint was sent to Ireland?  A strong papacy determined to protect Christianity through fear and persecution of other religions—the Spanish Inquisition Video link: 

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