HISB61H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Pope Gelasius I, The Christian Community, Pope Damasus I
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Who has the final authority to give this position: church or state, this bipartism led to the difference between western europe and the rest of the world. In england, archbishop of canterbury crowns the monarch: kind of dates back to 800 and the crowning of charlemagne. Henry viii ended up separating from rome and founding protestantism. Napoleon tried to not get caught up in this issue so he crowned himself. He was responsible for all acts of mankind, giving him divine power over church and state. Kingship had been created by chosen people so christ had recognized authority. Christ founded his church on peter: he was the foremost of the 12 apostles, christ had given him the power of doing and undoing all things in heaven. In catholic faith, the pope is the spokesperson of god they were peter"s successors. Popes recognized the divine origin of central power.
