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All Saints Day Prayer (Lit. of the Hours) Father, All-Powerful and ever-living God, today we rejoice in the holy men and women of every time and place. May their prayers bring us your forgiveness and love We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
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Announcements HW: Finish Review Worksheets Exam on Tuesday November 10 th !! Christmas Cards Pray for Brittany Palmer
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Chapter 4 Concluded Chapter 5
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St. Hilary Latin Church Father Athanasius of the West Fought Arianism Heretics: followers of Christianity who were trying to explain the same ideas, but in different terms
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THE THREE CAPPADOCIANS
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St. Basil the Great Community life is essential Teachings = Greek Church legislation Father of Eastern Monasticism Fought Arianism “if people only took what they needed, there would be no rich or poor.”
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St. Basil Worked for clerical rights Saw that Priests were properly trained Provided for the spiritual and material needs of the laity Built a social system of hospitals and social service institutions Divine Liturgy
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St. Gregory of Nazianzus Five Theological Orations = Third person of the Trinity Against Arianism “Gregory Bishop”
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St. Gregory of Nyssa Became monk after wife died On Virginity Attacked Arianism/ “Theotokos”
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Pope St. Leo the Great d. 461 Consolidated Papal Power (NT) Gained Papal Jurisdiction (West) “First Pope”(modern)
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St. Augustine of Hippo Mother = Christian Father = pagan Studied Law Student of rhetoric (Cicero) Manichaeists
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St. Augustine of Hippo Found Difficult: - The Bible - Origin of Evil Left Manichaeism after questions went unanswered
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St. Augustine “ My heart will not rest until it rests in You.”
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Augustine’s Most Important Works City of God Confessions
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CHAPTER 5 Light in the Dark Ages
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PART I The Collapse of the Roman Empire
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The Fall of Rome Began in 410 AD Empire NOT completely Christianized Loss of civil system Rome fell to the Barbarians
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The Barbarians: Brought primitive justice/ Religion Lacked moral codes Social understanding countered the Church’s
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Fall of Rome: Impact on the Church No scholarship = illiteracy Roads became unsafe = stop to evangelization Primitive religious practices = Christians began to act (again) like pagans
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Church Structure Modeled after the Empire Christianity and Empire = intertwined Barbarian invasions changed these views
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Germanic Tribes
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The Germanic Tribes Diverse/ divided culture Same language Agrarian Society Encouraged by Romans to settle along the boarder of Rome
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The Goths Visigoths/ Ostrogoths First to invade the Empire
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Ulphilas: Apostle to the Goths Translated Bible into Gothic Ordained Bishop Converted Goths/Vandals to Arianism
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The Franks Clovis (Chieftain) First to convert to Christianity
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The Huns Ruthless/ferocious Took Romans/Germanic Tribes by surprise
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Attila the Hun “The Scourge of God” Brave warrior Skilled Diplomat Ruthless Left Rome after meeting Pope St. Leo
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Church’s Interpretation of Barbarian Invasions: Church is Universal Established independence from Rome Had to alter evangelization techniques Monasticism = access to the people
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Christian Attitudes Towards the Barbarian Invasions: Discouraged Christ was about to Return Just punishment for their sins
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PART II The Rise of Monasticism
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Monasticism Prayer Self-denial Seclusion from the world Living under a fixed rule with professed vows
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Monastic Communities Withdrew from the world in order to seek God through asceticism and silence. Asceticism: life characterized by the absence of worldly pleasures
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Two Types of Monasticism: Eremitical: hermit Cenobitical: community life
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St. Paul of Thebes First Hermit Anchorite (solitary monk) Desert Father (wanted to be inaccessible)
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St. Anthony Gave away all possessions “do not be anxious about tomorrow” (Matthew 6:34) Offered self as a martyr to Diocletian Fled further into the desert (solitude) Athanasius: Biography
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Monasteries Served As: A source of great spiritual strength Seminaries for priests and bishops Centers of evangelization to the barbarian tribes
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The Effect of Monasteries on Europe: Recovery and evangelization of rural society Intellectual Civilization
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St. Benedict: The “Patriarch of Western Monasticism” Desert Monk Abbot Great Healer Organized monasteries
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Benedictine Rule Chanting the Psalms and reading prayers in the community (four hours) Private Prayer and Scriptural reading (four hours) Physical Labor (six hours) Meals and sleep (ten hours)
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Pope St. Gregory The Great Last of Latin Doctors Abbot Deacon of Rome Nuncio Pope – made peace with Lombards without consent
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PART III The Rise of Islam
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Islam Muhammed/ Archangel Gabriel Hagar (Ishmael)
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Five Pillars of Islam The Shahada Prayer Zakah: (alms) The Hajj: Mecca Ramadan
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