1. Church History the Medieval Church the Word & Table through two millennium

2. Church History the Medieval Church the Word & Table through two millennium

3. Pope Gregory I – aka “the Great”  Upholds Rome’s Supremacy.  Takes on Civic Duties  Affirms the Previous Councils. The Father’s Link to the Middle Ages

4. A Timeline of Church History Medieval Church AncientChurch 6001500 ReformationChurch 2000 ModernChurch ca. 33 Gregory I ~600 AD Gregory VII ~1100 AD Boniface VIII ~1300AD Pepin “the Short” 754 AD

5. Pope Gregory I (540 – 604)  The Mass ~ a Sacrifice. Gregory sees a real corporeal presence; the elements are altered.  Accommodating “a popular faith,” leading to superstition, the extreme aspects of Augustine’s grace & predestination are dulled.  The Roman Church is “first among equals.”  A High Note: the Atonement as Substitution. Major Errors of the Papacy

6. The Papacy’s Political Power Rises  Pepin the Short crushes the Lombards (751) and the Pope Crowns him King of France.  Gregory VII gets bold: He ought to be able to able to depose emperors! The church has never erred! Politics Trump the Gospel

7. Pope Gregory VII (1056 – 1106)  The Investiture Struggle: Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV vs. Pope “Hildebrand.”  Prior to this Emperors appointed Bishops.  Concordant of Worms, 1122, ends the practice. Major Errors of the Papacy

8. A Timeline of Church History Medieval Church AncientChurch 6001500 ReformationChurch 2000 ModernChurch ca. 33 Gregory I ~600 AD Gregory VII ~1100 AD Boniface VIII ~1300AD Pepin “the Short” 754 AD

9. Pope Boniface VIII (1234 – 1303)  Unum Sanctum (1302) – the Papacy’s High Water Mark  There is One Holy Catholic Church…we do firmly believe and simply confess that outside this church there is no salvation or remission of sins. Major Errors of the Papacy

10. Boniface VIII (1234 – 1303) Unum Sanctum cont.  In this church and in her power are two swords, a spiritual one and temporal one (Luke 22:38 & Matt. 26:52).  “…if the earthly power errs, it shall be judged by the spiritual power, if a lesser errs it shall be judged by its superior, but if the supreme power errs it shall be judged only by God and not man.” Major Errors of the Papacy

11. The Splits Throughout Church History Catholic Christianity 5 th Cent. West/East Split 1054 Coptic EasternOrthodoxy Reformation 16 th Cent. Reformed/ Protestant RomanCatholicism

12. A Few Other Things that Made a Difference...  Charlemagne ~ Christendom  Scholasticism (doctrine from the previous ages is worked over using logic & dialectic), the Rise of the University.  The Encroachment of Islam & the Crusades Many Other Factors

13. A Timeline of Church History Medieval Church AncientChurch 6001500 ReformationChurch 2000 ModernChurch ca. 33 Gregory I ~600 AD Gregory VII ~1100 AD Boniface VIII ~1300AD Pepin “the Short” 754 AD

14. Light Enough Fuses, the Powder Will Blow...  Lombard (1100-60) & Aquinas (1124-74)  The Walendses, formed in the 12 th Century  John Wycliffe (1330-84), John Huss (1372- 1415)  The Humanists: Desiderius Erasmus The Table is Set for the Reformation

15. Church History the Medieval Church the Word & Table through two millennium