The HunsRuthless/ferocious Took Romans/Germanic Tribes by surprise
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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Chapter 4 Concluded Chapter 5
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
The Three Cappadocians
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.”
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
St. Gregory of Nazianzus
Five Theological Orations = Third person of the Trinity Against Arianism “Gregory Bishop”
St. Gregory of Nyssa
Became monk after wife died On Virginity Attacked Arianism/ “Theotokos”
Pope St. Leo the Great d. 461
Consolidated Papal Power (NT) Gained Papal Jurisdiction (West) “First Pope”(modern)
St. Augustine of Hippo
Mother = Christian Father = pagan Studied Law Student of rhetoric (Cicero) Manichaeists
St. Augustine of Hippo
Found Difficult: - The Bible - Origin of Evil Left Manichaeism after questions went unanswered
St. Augustine
“My heart will not rest until it rests in You.”
Augustine’s Most Important Works
City of God Confessions
Chapter 5
Light in the Dark Ages
Part I
The Collapse of the Roman Empire
The Fall of Rome
Began in 410 AD Empire NOT completely Christianized Loss of civil system Rome fell to the Barbarians
The Barbarians:
Brought primitive justice/ Religion Lacked moral codes Social understanding countered the Church’s
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
Church Structure
Modeled after the Empire Christianity and Empire = intertwined Barbarian invasions changed these views
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