The Medieval Church

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The Medieval Church
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When do you last go to Church?Why did you go to
Church then?
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TimeMachine
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The year is 1199King John is on the throne.How
often would you go to church?Why would people go
to church?
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The Medieval Church

• Today, only a small percentage of the population
  go to church every Sunday, but in the Middle
  Ages, everyone was religious. The Church was the
  centre of their lives.
• The biggest building in a town or village was the
  church. It was a Catholic church because in the
  Middle Ages the Catholic religion was the only
  one.

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Copy and Complete

• In the middle ages, the only religion was the
  ______________ religion.
• Everybody went to _________. The services were in
  ____________ but there were _________ and
  ___________ to help ordinary people understand.
• Latin Catholic Paintings Statues
  Church

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How was the Medieval Church organised?
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Priestly Duties

• Draw a table in your netbooks, like the one below

A Priests Duties in Medieval Times A Priests Duties Now

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Which jobs are still done by a priest?Which are
not?

• The Parish Priest will
• Say mass in the village church (and say it in
  Latin).
• Perform weddings and baptisms.
• Hear confessions.
• Visit villagers regularly and listen to their
  problems.
• Bury the dead.
• Heal the sick.
• Teach children of wealthy families to read and
  write.
• Work the land, growing crops in the church
  grounds.
• Make sure everyone pays their tithe.
• Keep village records.

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The Parish Priest

• Village and parish priests were simple men, but
  they had very important jobs. After the Lord of
  the Manor, the priest was the most important man
  in the village. On Sundays, during mass, he would
  tell people all about Heaven and Hell. Because
  services were in Latin, many ordinary folk could
  not understand them. Statues and Doom Paintings
  were used to explain to people the horrors of
  hell and the joys of heaven.
• Look at the doom paintings what can you see
  going on?

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Plenary

• Write a description of what you think Medieval
  people believed hell was like.
• Use what you saw in the pictures to help you!

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Hell!

• Draw your own doom painting.
• Draw what you think Medieval people believed hell
  was like.