Chapter 3: The Role of the Church

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Chapter 3 The Role of the Church

• Preview 3 What is the largest and most important
  building in your community? Make a simple sketch
  of the building. Below your sketch, describe how
  the building is used.

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3.2 The Christian Church Takes Shape

• Use Cornell Note Format for ALL of your
  notes!!!!!
• How was the Roman Catholic church organized
  during the Middle Ages. Draw the pyramid on page
  322 (orange book) and color each layer (1st
  yellow, 2nd purple, 3rd red, 4th green, 5th brown)

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3.2 cont.

• What role did the church play in government in
  medieval Europe?
• What was the subject of the conflict between Pope
  Gregory VII and the Holy Roman emperor, Henry IV?

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3.3 Sacraments and Salvation

• From this point on in the notes, you must include
  an illuminated letter as the first letter in the
  title of each section. Heres an example
• During the Middle Ages, what was the purpose of
  sacraments, according to the teachings of the
  church?
• What seven sacraments were administered by the
  church?

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3.4 Pilgrimages and Crusades

• Why did people undertake pilgrimages during the
  Middle Ages?
• What were some of the popular destinations of
  pilgrims?
• What were the Crusades?

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3.5 Art and Architecture

• In what ways did the art of medieval Europe
  reflect the influence of the Roman Catholic
  Church?
• What were cathedrals?
• What were some of their key architectural
  features?

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3.6 Education

• What role did the Roman Catholic Church play in
  education during the Middle Ages?
• Who was Thomas Aquinas?
• What did he try to do with theology and ancient
  philosophy?

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3.7 Holidays

• What events did medieval holidays honor?
• What were some of the ways in which people
  celebrated holidays?

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3.8 Monks, Nuns and Mendicants

• What was the monastic life like?
• How were the lives of mendicant friars different
  from monks?

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Processing 3

• You will write an acrostic poem using the words
  THE CHURCH. Write these letters going down the
  left hand side of your paper. You will illuminate
  all of these letters. Next to each letter, write
  a sentence that explains something we learned
  about the church from chapter 3. You will use 6
  words from the word bank in your poem.

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Word Bank for Processing 3

• Cathedral diocese Emperor Henry IV
• Excommunication holy days monasticism parish pilgr
  images sacraments Pope Gregory VII religious
  orders salvation Thomas Aquinas universities