HIS-1700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Counter-Reformation, Lollardy, Theocracy
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Mysticism: personal, emotional connection or experience of conversion for the love of christ. The late medie(cid:448)al (cid:862)u(cid:374)i(cid:448)ersal chur(cid:272)h(cid:863) --> the catholic church. Distracted and compromised by focus on administrative and financial issues. Internal corruption by other european monarchs and other church goers ( pope . The whore of babylon --> the pope: strong monarchs. Francis i of france (vallois the ruling house of france) negotiates with the. Pope (gallicanism) instead of the bishops in france being appointed by the. Pope, francis appoints the bishops: longstanding criticism of catholic dogma & practices (e. g. , lollards & hussites, resentment of papal (italian) control of church. He was a charismatic preacher able to convince others of the way he feels (why he was a large success) Attacked salesman (tetzel) who is selling indulgences (buying your way out of purgatory) i(cid:374) (cid:862)95. Theses(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:1005)5(cid:1005)7(cid:895) claims the church is using power that is not theirs. Rejected some catholic practices (e. g. , clerical celibacy)
