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Medieval Church History The Context of Medieval Church History 12 2013. 1st Semester. Lee Sun Ho 1 Course Syllabus Medieval Church History 2 Course Syllabus Medieval Church History 3 Course Syllabus Medieval Church History 4 Course Syllabus Medieval Church History 5 References, Reports Medieval Church History 6 Finshed Text Books A history of the Christian Church The Middle Ages to the Close of the Investiture Controversy 4-3. The Franks and the Papacy 4-4. Charlemagne 4-5. Ecclesiastical Institutions 4-6. Collapsing Empire and Rising Papacy 4-7. Papal Decline and Renewal by the Revived Empire Medieval Church History 7 Finshed Text Books A history of the Christian Church The Middle Ages to the Close of the Investiture Controversy 4-8. Reform Movements 4-9. The Reform Party Secures the Papacy 4-10. The Papacy Breaks with the Empire Medieval Church History 8 Finshed Text Books A history of the Christian Church The Middle Ages to the Close of the Investiture Controversy 4-11. Hildebrand and Henry IV 4-12. The Struggle Ends in Compromise 4-13. The Greek Church after the Picture Controversy 4-14. The Spread of the Church Medieval Church History 9 Process Text Books A history of the Christian Church The Late Middle Ages 5-1. The Crusades 5-2. New Religious Movement 5-3. Antichurchly Sects. Cathari and Waldeneses. The Inquisition 5-4. The Dominicans and Franciscans 5-5. Early Scholasticism Medieval Church History 10 Process Text Books A history of the Christian Church The Late Middle Ages 5-6. The Universities 5-7. High Scholasticism and Its Theology 5-8. The Mystics 5-9. Mission and Defeats 5-10. The Papacy at Its Height and Its Decline Medieval Church History 11 Process Text Books A history of the Christian Church The Late Middle Ages 5-11. The Papacy in Avignon, Criticism. The Schism 5-12. Wyclif and Huss 5-13. The Reforming Councils 5-14. The Italian Renaissance and Its Popes Medieval Church History 12 Process Text Books A history of the Christian Church The Late Middle Ages 5-15. The New National Powers 5-16. Renaissance and Other Influences North of Alps Medieval Church History 13 Finshed Text Books The Medieval Church 1. Christianity after the Fall of Rome 2. The Expansion of Christianity 3. The Church in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries 4. Recovery in the West 5. The Church and the Nation State Medieval Church History 14 Process Text Books The Medieval Church 6. Renaissance in Theology and Learning 7. Organization, Worship, Piety, and Society 8. Decline and Vitality 9. A Conflict of Authorities 10. A Tome of Ferment Medieval Church History 15 FinshedReferences, Reports Dominicans Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologic a, vol. 12(la. 84-89). Medieval Church History 16 FinshedReferences, Reports Franciscans Bonaventura, The Minds Road to God. Medieval Church History 17 FinshedReferences, Reports E. Gilson, Reason and Revelation in Middle Ages. Medieval Church History 18 ProcessReferences, Reports Tauler, Johannes, The Sermons and Conferences of John Tauler. Medieval Church History 19 FinshedReferences, Movies Medieval Church History 20 Thomas Aquinas(1225-1274) Medieval Church History 21 Thomas Aquinas(1225-1274) Thomas Aquinas, also Thomas of Aquin or A quino, was an Italian Dominican priest, and an i mmensely influential philosopher and theologian i n the tradition of scholasticism, within which he is also known as the "Dumb Ox", "Angelic Doctor", " Doctor Communis", and "Doctor Universalis". "Aquinas" is the demonym of Aquino: Thomas ca me from one of the noblest families of the Kingdo m of Naples; his parents held the titles "Count of A quino" and "Countess of Teano." Medieval Church History 22 Thomas Aquinas(1225-1274) He was the foremost classical proponent of n atural theology, and the father of Thomism. His influence on Western thought is consider able, and much of modern philosophy was co nceived in development or refutation of his id eas, particularly in the areas of ethics, natural law, metaphysics, and political theory. Medieval Church History 23 Thomas Aquinas(1225-1274) Thomas is held in the Roman Catholic Church to b e the model teacher for those studying for the pries thood, and indeed the highest expression of both n atural reason and speculative theology. The study of his works, according to papal and ma gisterial documents, is a core of the required progr am of study for those seeking ordination as priests or deacons, as well as for those in religious formati on and for other students of the sacred disciplines (Catholic philosophy, theology, history, liturgy, an d canon law). Medieval Church History 24 Thomas Aquinas(1225-1274) The works for which he is best-known are the Sum ma theologiae and the Summa Contra Gentiles. One of the 35 Doctors of the Church, he is consider ed the Church's greatest theologian and philosoph er. Pope Benedict XV declared: "This (Dominican) Or der ... acquired new luster when the Church declar ed the teaching of Thomas to be her own and that Doctor, honored with the special praises of the Pon tiffs, the master and patron of CatholicMedieval schools." Church History 25 Thomas Aquinas(1225-1274) Medieval Church History 26 Thomas Aquinas(1225-1274) Five Proofs For The Existence of God Medieval Church History 27 Summa Theologica Medieval Church History 28 Summa Theologica The Summa Theologiæ (written 1265–127 4 and also known as the Summa Theologic a or simply the Summa) is the best-known work of Thomas Aquinas (c.1225–1274). Although unfinished, the Summa is "one of th e classics of the history of philosophy and one of the most influential works of Western liter ature." Medieval Church History 29 Summa Theologica It is intended as an instructional guide for mo derate theologians, and a compendium of all of the main theological teachings of the Catho lic Church. It presents the reasoning for almost all points of Christian theology in the West. The Summa's topics follow a cycle: the existe nce of God; Creation, Man; Man's purpose; C hrist; the Sacraments; and backMedieval to God. Church History 30 Summa Theologica Among non-scholars the Summa is perhaps most famo us for its five arguments for the existence of God know n as the "five ways" (Latin: quinque viae). The five way s occupy one and a half pages of the Summa's approxi mately three thousand five hundred pages. Throughout the Summa Aquinas cites Christian, Musli m, Hebrew, and Pagan sources including but not limite d to Christian Sacred Scripture, Aristotle, Augustine of Hippo, Avicenna, Averroes, Al-Ghazali, Boethius, John of Damascus, Paul the Apostle, Dionysius the Areopagi te, Maimonides, Anselm, Plato, Cicero, and Eriugena. Medieval Church History 31 Summa Theologica The Summa is a more structured and expanded versio n of Aquinas's earlier Summa contra Gentiles, though these works were written for different purposes, the Summa Theologiæ to explain the Christian faith to beginning theology students, and the Summa contra G entiles to explain the Christian faith and defend it in h ostile situations, with arguments adapted to the intended circumstance s of its use, each article refuting a certain belief of a spe cific heresy. Medieval Church History 32 Summa Theologica Aquinas conceived the Summa specifically as a wo rk suited to beginning students: "Because a doctor of catholic truth ought not only t o teach the proficient, but to him pertains also to i nstruct beginners. as the Apostle says in 1 Corinthi ans 3: 1-2, as to infants in Christ, I gave you milk t o drink, not meat, our proposed intention in this w ork is to convey those things that pertain to the Ch ristian religion, in a way that is fitting to the instru ction of beginners." Medieval Church History 33 Summa Theologica It was while teaching at the Santa Sabina studium provinciale, the forerunner of the Santa Maria sop ra Minerva studium generale and College of Saint Thomas which in the 20th century would become t he Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum, that Aquinas began to compose the Su mma. He completed the Prima Pars in its entirety and ci rculated it in Italy before departing to take up his s econd regency as professor at the University of Par is (1269–1272). Medieval Church History 34 Summa Theologica The Summa is composed of three major parts, each of which deals w ith a major subsection of Christian theology. First Part (in Latin, Prima Pars): God's existence and nature; the c reation of the world; angels; the nature of man Second Part: First part of the Second Part (Prima Secundae, often abbreviated Pa rt I-II): general principles of morality (including a theory of law) Second part of the Second Part (Secunda Secundae, or Part II-II): m orality in particular, including individual virtues and vices Third Part (Tertia Pars): the person and work of Christ, who is the way of man to God; the sacraments; the end of the world. Aquinas le ft this part unfinished. Medieval Church History 35 Summa Theologica Each part contains several questions, each of which revolves a round a more specific subtopic; one such question is "Of Chris t's Manner of Life." Each question contains several articles phrased as interrogativ e statements dealing with specific issues, such as "Whether Ch rist should have led a life of poverty in this world?" The Summ a has a standard format for each article. A series of objections to the (yet to be stated) conclusion are gi ven; one such objection, for example, is that "Christ should ha ve embraced the most eligible form of life...which is a mean be tween riches and poverty." Medieval Church History 36 Summa Theologica A short counter-statement, beginning with the phrase "sed contra" ("on the contrary"), is then given; this stat ement almost always references authoritative literatur e, such as the Bible or Aristotle.