Christianity_In_The_Middle_Ages

Christianity In The Middle Ages The Middle Ages saw the Christian Church peak in its political and social power. So great was their influence that the era is sometimes called the Age of Faith. However the same time period brought about great turmoil within the Church and its followers. During the height of the Christian Church’s influence in Europe the papacy had immense power over medieval society. As it is the Christians were devout followers at that time anyway. With the advent of the papal monarchy the pope wielded even more authority. This idea was that of pope Gregory VII. He created the papal court system whereby the papacy monarchy was run, though the pope had the ultimate say in all church affairs. The papal monarchy also had the right of excommunication with its followers. This was a major source of authority for the papacy. The crusades were a major coming together point for the Christians. It was a way for them to unite and expand their religion. Imperialism being one of the major reasons for the Christian crusades. It was also said that they would go to heaven as a result of the crusades. Another church, pope, papal, crusades, christian, catholic, wanted, luther, reformers, papacy, over, monarchy, europe, saw, rule, power, middle, martin, major, led, followers, faith, crusade, clergy, churches, authority, among, ages, within, under, tried, time, though, things