Problems/Issues Facing the Roman Catholic Church & The Roman Catholic Church

Agenda 9/17/2013Warm-up on RenaissanceCollect Vocab and Quiz on Renaissance,

1500’s, and ReligionsCurrent Events ArticleMedieval Church CorruptionNotesHomework- Jan Huss Worksheet and Vocab

due (10/1)

Questions for Current EventWho is involved?What is going on?Where is it happening?When it is happening?How it is happening?Why is it happening?

The Great SchismWho?Roman Catholic and Orthodox Church

Great Schism1. Dispute over the use of icons

2. Who is head of the church?

Roman Catholic Church =Pope Orthodox = patriarch (highest church official in the Byzantine Empire)

excommunicated each other neither person recognized the other person's authority

Great Schism ResultWeakened the power of the papacy loss of territory and followers

Church’s View of UsuryUsury lending money at interestMerchants and bankers were money

lenderslenders and it challenged the church's view of usury

Church viewed usury as immoral

Church CorruptionPopes hired painters and sculptors to beautify

churches (Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel) and spent vast sums of money to rebuild the cathedral of St. Peter's at Rome.

To finance such projects, the Church promoted the sale of indulgences.

Indulgences a pardon for sins committed during a person's life

Monks Song

German and English NationalismGerman and English nobility disliked

Italian domination of the Church

DissentersJohn Wycliffe-

English priestInfluenced Jan HussPreached against

Pope’s involvement in secular matters

Spoke against wealth of church officials

Translated New Testament into English

DissentersJan Huss- Czech

Catholic priestFollower of John

WycliffePreached against

church corruption and indulgences

Burned at the stake after being called heretic

Catholic ChurchBible – only priests can read and interpret

the Bible (only literate people)Salvation- Faith and Good Works

Catholic ChurchChurch Hierarchy

Pope – head of the Church

Archbishops – supervise bishops

Bishops – supervise a diocese

Priests – local level

Catholic ChurchReligious Rituals1. Receive the sacraments

(communion, confession, etc…) 2. Go to church on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation