RLG100Y1 Lecture : christianity

• School: UTSG
• Department: Religion
• Course: RLG100Y1
• Professor: Andre Maintenay

Document Summary

Last class: major schism in medieval christianity: the split for eastern and western. The traditions of monastic orders were well entrenched, the major of them: benedictine order (4th cent) Another monastic order franciscan order(12 th cent), founded by francise from italy, a son of a merchant. During a period of illness at his 20s he experiences a call from god,that tell him to repair the church. He first does renovations to churches, later he realizes that he needs to repair the church spiritually and becomes a monk. There became a concern that the church becomes too much involved in world affairs, too much associated with the elite of society, too wealthy, too powerful, rather than representing the poor of the society. Therefore movements, like the monastic orders, seek to restore the church to its earliest tradition, to its earliest form of being simple, ordinary, like the ideals of jesus. Major element in monastic orders - the vow of poverty .