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how can people relate to Jesus?

Jesus is a human figure

who did Christianity mainly appeal to?

poor and powerless

what need did Christianity fulfill?

need to belong

how was the initiation of Christians different from other religions?

Christianity didn’t require painful or expensive initiation rites as other mystery religions did

what did the Christian message give to Romans?

Christianity gave life a meaning and purpose beyond the simple material things of everyday reality.

how was Christianity different from the Roman state-based religion?

Christianity was personal and offered salvation and eternal life to individuals.

when do Romans stop tolerating the religions of other people?

when these religions threatened public order or public morals

why do Roman officials find Christianity threating?

Christians refused to worship the state gods and emperors

who was Clovis?

The Frankish kingdom was established by Clovis, a strong military leader around a.d. 500

why did Clovis convert to Christianity?

Clovis cried out to Jesus saying that if he gives him victory over his enemies, he will believe in him and be baptized. after he said this, the enemy began to flee

why was Clovis conversion important?

Clovis found that his conversion to Christianity won him the support of the Roman Catholic Church

factors of the decline and fall of the Roman empire

• Christianity's emphasis on a spiritual kingdom weakened Roman military virtues.

• Traditional Roman values declined as non-Italians gained prominence in the empire.

• Lead poisoning through leaden water pipes and cups caused a mental decline in the population.

• Plague wiped out one-tenth of the population.

• Rome failed to advance technologically due to slavery.

• Rome could not create a workable political system.

what was the Hagia Sophia?

byzantine domed church

what does Hagia Sophia mean?

Holy Wisdom in Greek

Justiniain

Became head of entire Roman Empire, east & west in 533 A.D.

what did the Location of Constantinople provide?

political, economic, and military advantages

what is this?

monastery

what is a monastery?

a building occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows.

what is a monk

someone who sought to live a life cut off from ordinary human society in order to pursue an ideal of total dedication to God

what work was required of the benedictine monks?

the copying of manuscripts

what is this?

copying of manuscripts

excommunicated

when one particular person doesn’t get the Christian sacraments

what is an interdict

a ruler does something the church doesn’t like, and the church doesn’t allow a certain area he rules to get the sacraments

What negative impact could the Church have on common people?

People can go into debt trying to please the church or God

missi dominici

two men sent out to local districts to ensure that the counts carried out the king’s wishes