1. Assignment
Do research on your church’s beliefs concerning Baptism. Print/ copy and cite where you got your info.
Due Monday.

2. Vocabulary in Baptism research
Please note: these technical definitions are not always used as such by all churches.
Sacrament – “a rite in which God is uniquely active.” – St. Augustine
God does the action
conveys spiritual grace through Christ to individual
Ordinance – outward expression of faith of individual.
A sacrament is seen as something in and of itself sacred; an ordinance is a practice that merely demonstrates the participants' faith.

3. 732 AD-Battle of Tours—Charles Martel defeated the Muslims

5. Christianity in the Middle Ages

6. Eastern Christianity Emperor of Roman Empire
Lives in Constantinople
Rome is lost to barbarians
Bishop of Constantinople is powerful

7. Western Christianity Europe divided among many groups
All are eventually Christianized

8. Charlemagne Unites most of Europe by 800 AD
Crowned head of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope
the founding father of both French and German monarchies, but also as the father of Europe

9. Charlemagne's Empire

11. Christianity Spreads East
Cyril & Methodius

12. East vs. West
The transfer of the Roman capital to Constantinople inevitably brought mistrust, rivalry, and even jealousy to the relations of the two great sees, Rome and Constantinople.
West adopted Latin, East remained Greek

13. Rome Pope Leo I (440 -461) Leo was called “the great”
Most important accomplishment –
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatsoever thou shalt loose of earth shall be loosed in heaven.
What is true of Peter is true also of his successors.
Claims to be St. Peter’s successor & head of the universal Church.
"The care of the universal Church should converge towards Peter's one seat, and nothing anywhere should be separated from its Head."
Makes Bishop in Constantinople mad

14. East vs. West
The transfer of the Roman capital to Constantinople inevitably brought mistrust, rivalry, and even jealousy to the relations of the two great sees, Rome and Constantinople.
West adopted Latin, East remained Greek

15. East vs West Direct influence in Split
conflicting claims of jurisdiction
Assertion of papal supremacy (Pope Leo I)
Pope Leo IX claimed he held authority over the four Eastern patriarchs
Filioque Clause added to Nicene Creed
Et in Spiritum Sanctum, Dominum, et vivificantem: qui ex Patre Filioque procedit.
(And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, and giver of life, who from the Father and the Son proceeds.)

16. The Great Schism (1054)
formally divided medieval Christianity into Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic branches
Each excommunicated the other’s Bishops/or messengers.

17. On a separate sheet of paper…
Do you believe it is acceptable for churches to split? Never, Sometimes, whenever people want to?
What circumstances justifies a church split, if any?