HIST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Papal Supremacy, Caesaropapism, Stained Glass
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The church: council of nicea (324 ce) by constantine. Jesus is a full part of the godhead (trinity); was divine from the beginning: arian preaching that jesus was chosen after birth to be the messiah. Stained glass (later on: people begin to worship icons rather than god. Stand-in as god-parents for baptism: led by byzantine emperors. Nearly a civil war: rise in power of the bishop of rome (pope) Great schism (1054 ce: doctrinal issues, papal supremacy, changes in nicene creed by the west, priests could marry in east, use of icons, different fast and feasts. Cultural issues: power struggle: pope in west vs. patriarch in east, 2 churches: roman catholic and eastern orthodox. Western europ after the fall of rome: dark ages (eurocentric, bands of tribes, trade is no longer safe, decentralization. St. patrick (4th century: captured from romanized britain, enslaved by irish as sheep herder, voice of god tells him to preach to irish.
