1. Crises in the Late Medieval Church
Kagan Text : pages
Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley H. S. Chappaqua, NY
Edited by Mrs. Browne

2. Decline in the Medieval Church Political & Spiritual Poverty
Spiritual Authority
Temporal Authority
Political & Spiritual Poverty
Taxing the clergy [clericis laicos]
Royal courts vs. Church courts
Papal Bull [Unam Sanctam]
Marsilius of Padus [Defensor Pacis]

3. Specific Crises
New Heresies.
Schism.
Lay Reform.
Conciliarism.

4. Decline in the Medieval Church Theological Differences
Official Church Beliefs
Heresies
Theological Differences
John Wycliffe
Lollards
Criticized mass, excommunication, and monasticism
Wanted vernacular versions of the Bible
John Huss
In Bohemia (HRE)
Wanted laity access to bread & wine
Wanted recognition of laity worth

5. The Hussite Wars [ ]

6. Decline in the Medieval Church
Popes
Church Councils [Conciliarism]
Internal Church Power
Innocent III
Height of the papacy but lack of concern over original Christian teaching
Boniface VIII
Gets caught in tension of 100 Years War
Tries to reassert church>kings
The Avignon Papacy [ ]
Pisa (1409)
Tried to resolve schism
Elected a 3rd pope!
Constance ( )
Got all the other popes to resign and elected Martin V
Basel (1433)
Few attended; council movement lost momentum

7. The Great Schism:

8. The Avignon Papal Complex

9. Decline in the Medieval Church
FAITH [Scholasticism]
REASON [Roger Bacon & William of Ockham]
Intellectual Inquiry
Ockham: Believed church power derived from the faithful which included laity & clergy
Peter Abelard [Sic et Non]
Thomas Aquinas [Summa Theologica]

10. Decline in the Medieval Church
Church Corruption
Individual Piety
Religious Devotion
Inquisition
Rich Monasteries
Benefices
Indulgences
Lay Devotions
Increased desire to educate all in Christian belief

11. Effects of the Church’s Decline
Political:
Nobility & Monarchy will continue to centralize power over areas previously controlled by the church (education, festivals, …)
Social:
People will continue to question, continue to demand reform in church doctrine, increased tension between being a faithful person & being a part of growing nationalism
Religious:
The “seeds” of the Protestant Reformation are planted
Economic:
The Church will continue as a patron of the arts but the era of great cathedrals will end
Intellectual:
New studies of church documents will arise, new translations of the Bible will increase questioning of church authority