RLG100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Pope Gregory Vii, Deaconess, Pastoral Epistles
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Orthodox priests: over time, the bishops of rome, whom authority identify today as the pope, assumed primary atuhroity over all churches in the west, pope the head of the western (roman catholic. Eucharist: beyond this we only know that deaconesses did the following, helped prepare female candidates for baptism, visited sick women and children, prayed for the suffering, as well as the. Apostles, the early church decided to recognize as scripture only. Septuagint to be authoritative: councils of the church, the four ecumenical (worldwide) councils so named because they were accepted by both eastern and western breanches of. Christianity, decided by bishops who began to meet in councils called synods: the council of nicaea, 325, fie first significant agreements as to the nature of christ were reached at the council of nicaea, convened by the emperor. Constatntine in 325: athanasius and arius represented the opposing sides of a debate over whether jesus was of the same substance as.
