8 4 13 What is the Medieval Church Organizing the Church The Goals of the Medieval Christian Church Achieving Those Goals The Institution on Earth The Church as Reflecting God s Plan Sources of Authority The Church as Part of Feudal Society Is the Church worldly or spiritual Church regulation of the family Clergy and their Families A Clash Between Two Competing Ideals Ordinary Christians the Church and Salvation Terms patriarch doctrine theology benefice Fourth Lateran Council hierarchy Why does the Church matter Pragmatically 1 Largest bureaucracy in medieval Europe 2 Largest landowner 40 of arable land 3 Single wealthiest institution Spiritually Intellectually 1 Provides a spiritual bond 2 Provides a cultural bond 3 Provides the most extensive educational opportunities 4 Perpetuates ancient knowledge and in some cases skills Organizing the Church The Goals of the Medieval Christian Church 1 Minister to all Christians so that they may achieve eternal salvation Sinners being pulled into hell 1 8 4 13 2 Define and guard correct Christianity 3 Spread Christianity 4 Provide and protect the tools necessary to achieve the previous goals Image of hell from the Hortus Deliciarum compiled by Abbess Herrad of Hohenbourg betweeen 1176 and 1196 NOTE This image is in your reader Basic Guide to Medieval Church Structure Papacy Curia cardinals archbishops administrative offices archbishoprics confraternities and other lay parishes bishops monks nuns friars nuns bishoprics monasteries hermitages abbeys houses convents chapters cathedral chapters Secular Clergy Regular Clergy Achieving those Goals The Institution on Earth Monastery of Monte Cassino 2 8 4 13 Plan of the Abbey of St Gallen Switzerland The Church as Reflecting God s Plan Heaven You re saved Yippee Purgatory Hell but you know it will end Hell You re there until the Last Judgment and probably for all time 3 8 4 13 GOD Jesus Christ The Holy Spirit Mary Leading saints apostles early well known martyrs etc and the leading angels Michael Gabriel etc Lesser Saints The Saved There s also an elaborate hierarchy of angels Sources of Authority Scripture and Tradition The Church as Part of Feudal Society Is the Church worldly or spiritual Embroidered bishop s mitre 4 8 4 13 Bishop s crozier chalice Church Regulation of the Family Clergy Their Families A Clash Between Two Competing Ideas 5 8 4 13 Accordingly he rose up and fortifying himself with the sign of the Cross he put together cloth stuffs for sale hastened unto the city that is called Foligno and there sold the goods that he had brought and the horse whereon he had ridden Then this joyful merchant departed for Assisi and there did reverently enter the church concerning whose repair he had received the command Finding there a poor priest he showed him due reverence and offered him the money for the repair of the church and the use of the poor humbly petitioning that he would permit him to sojourn with him for a time The priest granted him to sojourn there but for fear of his parents refused the money From the Life of St Francis of Assisi by St Bonaventure Ordinary Christians the Church and Salvation the intercessory system GOD Jesus Christ The Holy Spirit Mary Saints The saved including ancestors The soul who needs help 6 8 4 13 Good Works pilgrimage Good Works helping the poor Good works patronage Medici reconstruction of the Church of San Lorenzo 7 8 4 13 Good works indulgences 8
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