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Church Reforms. The color is Green. The Church in Crisis. Between 500 and 1000 church were suffering. Reforms. Reforms began quietly in 910 with the founding of a Benedictine monastery at Cluny in France . One way that the church adapted was by building MONASTERIES - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Church Reforms
The color is Green
The Church in Crisis
Between 500 and 1000 church were suffering
Reforms
Reforms began quietly in 910 with the founding of a Benedictine monastery at Cluny in France.
One way that the church adapted was by building MONASTERIES
Monasteries were communities in which Christians gave up their private possessions to pursue lives in prayer.
Spiritual Revival
New age of religious feeling was born Called the Age of Faith
More Changes
Popes prompted reforms Enforced laws against the marriage of priests Enforced laws against the selling of church
offices.
Church Reorganization New Church Structure advised by the Curia – a
group created to advise the pope. Made canon law (church law) Extended the power of the pope Church collected taxes called tithes Early 1200’s, success in their reforms New church group arose Friars – group that moved from place to place
spreading the ideas of the church Women became nuns and joined in the spiritual
revival
Monks
Friar
Cathedrals Many towns in Europe built magnificent
cathedrals These huge churches used a new style of
architecture called gothic
Review
Write the question down Answer the question by using your notes
1. How did the church in Medieval Europe pull itself out of suffering?
2. What are monasteries?
3. Did women play a role in the church’s spiritual revival?
4. What were built in many European towns that represented the New Age of Faith?
Video: Religion in medieval times.