HIST 2C Lecture 5: 1-21-15
Document Summary
In the first century a new religion (christianity) came into play and derived from. As the church developed they faced many hardships and went through a process of defining christianity and eventually becomes the religion of the empire. Catholic means universal, as a claim to jurisdiction over all the christians. In the 11th century, the church in the west dominated by the bishop of rome is separated by the churches in eastern europe, mostly in. So now you have the western europe church, claiming to be the catholic. Western church is divided into catholic (mediterranean in nature) and protestant ( northern. Europe) so you have three main branches of christianity, then protestants branch off into numerous other ones as well but generally all follow protestant christianity. Bernard of clairvaux (notes spoken on behalf of bernard) Man of tremendous influence based on the fact that we argue that he has become one with god.
