The Lord

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The Lords ChurchThrough the Ages

• Part 3
• The Medieval Period

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The Lords Church Through the AgesWhere Are We?
The New Testament Church Post-Apostolic Period Medieval Period Reformation Period Restoration Period The Lords Church Today
A.D. 33 - 100 100 - 600 600 - 1300 1300 - 1600 1600 - 1900 1900 - 2010
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Why This Study?

• A study of history is profitable for learning
  valuable lessons (1 Corinthians 1011-12)
• A study of the Medieval Period will show the
  development of the Catholic Papal power over
  religion (Apostate Church) and politics (state).
  The formation of many Catholic practices and
  doctrines developed during this time that still
  exist today.

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Understanding Some Terms

• Medieval is simply the Latin word for middle
  ages a period running approximately from A.D.
  600 to 1300. This age is in the middle between
  ancient history around the fall of the Roman
  Empire (before A.D. 600) and modern history
  around the time of the Renaissance (A.D. 1300 to
  present).

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Understanding Some Terms

• Dark ages refers to the period of time in which
  the Catholic Church suppressed learning among the
  people. Few works of lasting literary value were
  produced during this time. The date A.D. 1300
  marks the beginning of the period of the revival
  of learning known as the Renaissance. The Dark
  Ages are also dark because of the severe
  punishment granted by the Catholic Church.

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Threats From Without Islam

• The Prophet Mohammed
• The Five Articles
• The Five Pillars
• The Koran
• The Jihad (meaning struggle) includes Jihad of
  the sword (Quran 2190-193, 216, 244 474,77,84
  995,29 2278 474-5 4915)

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Threats From Within Catholicism

• Papal System
• Monastic Orders
• Corruption of Power
• Church and State
• The Great Schism
• The Crusades
• The Inquisition

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The Power from the Pope to the People

• The Pope
• The Archbishop
• The Bishop
• The General Vicar
• The Rural Dean
• The Parish Priest
• The People

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Peak of Papal Power

• Boniface VIII was pope from A.D. 1294 1303. He
  continued the power of Innocent III and this
  period of history has been called the Golden Age
  of Roman Catholicism. His papal bull (Latin,
  bulla, referring to a lead disk seal on an
  important document) of A.D. 1302 called the Unam
  Sanctum That there is one holy Catholic and
  apostolic Church we are impelled by our faith to
  believe and to hold this we do firmly believe
  and openly confess and outside of this there is
  neither salvation nor remission of sins We,
  moreover, proclaim, declare, and pronounce that
  it is altogether necessary to salvation for every
  human being to be subject to the Roman Pontiff.

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Catholicism Opposed

• Seeds of discontent oppression and corruption
• Opponents Albigenses, Waldenses
• The Scholastics Berengar, Anselm, Abelard,
  Lombard, Aquinas

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Lessons Learned

• Apostasy often re-cycles and grows worse
  (2 Tim. 216 313)

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Lessons Learned

• The spirit of New Testament Christianity can be
  lost
• True prophecy (Jn. 331-36) was replaced with
  false prophecy (Islam)
• Following Christ (Mt. 175) was replaced with
  following men (the Papacy)
• Influence (Mt. 513-15 Jn. 1715-17 Phil.
  215) was replaced by false piety and withdrawal
  (Monastic orders)

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Lessons Learned

• The spirit of New Testament Christianity can be
  lost
• Purity (1 Tim. 412) was replaced with
  immorality (the corrupt Papacy)
• Unity (Amos 33 Jn. 1720-21) was replaced with
  division (the Great Schism). A HOUSE NOT BUILT BY
  THE LORD WILL FALL (Psa. 1271 Mt. 1225)
• Peace (Isa. 22-4 Mt. 2652 Jn. 1833,36 2
  Cor. 104-5 Eph. 610ff) was replaced with war
  (the Crusades)
• Love (Jn. 1335) was replaced with brutality and
  coercion (the Inquisition)

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Lessons Learned

• Faithful opposition
• This takes courage and conviction (Jude 3)
• This takes a desire to study Gods word for your
  self (Col. 28,16,18 2 Tim. 215
  2 Pet. 316-18)

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The Lords Church Through the Ages

• In times of oppression, corruption, and darkness,
  walk as children of light (Eph. 57)
• Let us be the faithful remnant of the Lords
  church today (1 K. 1918 Rev. 34)