Marthin Luther by Ale

Martin Luther was born in the year1483. He initiated Protestantism, one of the major movements within Christianity. He was a German monk, theologian, university professor, priest, and church reformer whose ideas started the Protestant Reformation and changed the course of Western civilization. He died in the year 1546.  

antonio ---- martin luther

martin luther was born in Eisleben, Germany. he was named after Saint Martin of Tours. Born in November 10, 1483. he was an augustinian and a theologian. martin luther was a good person. he thought differently from many people. unfortunately he was excommunicated.. because of his ideas.

Luisa G

Martin luther a German, was alive from 1483 to 1546. he initiated a mayor movement of Christianity. Martin Luther studied to be a monk,theologian, university professor, priest, and church reformer.

from reformer to protestant-Elisa

this section talks about what the title states. changing from a reformer to a protestant. the Oxfords scholar's break with the papacy was part of a new idea that he had formed of the church. he was accepting the division of the church into 3 parts. "one triumphant in heaven, one military here on earth, and asleep in purgatory" . Wyclif drew a conclusion, the church is a unity that knows nothing of papal primacies and hierachies, and of the "sects" of monks, friars, and priests. nor can the salvations of the elect be conditioned by masses, indulgences, penance, or other devices of priestcraft.

The passage of bohemia

This passage talks about two people Anne of Bohemia and Richard ll of England. The next thing was how they compared that pope has a big contrast with Jesus' actions. Jesus entered the towns barefoot while the pope entered riding a horse. Jesus washed his disciples' feet while the pope preferred to have his kissed. 

The English zealot, Wyclif by Ale R

This section talks about John Wyclif who was a zealot. He had a very radical way of looking at his religion. During this period dominion was the most important issue. And he was against this, Wyclif believed that a ruler should be like Jesus. Talking about Being poor and not powerful like everyone expected. That is what he wanted for the papacy, a modest and noble ruler that would teach to people and show the right way and not someone that would take advantage from the excess of power. 

Jana-Away with Heretics

Hus didn't want to lie only because the church did not agree with his sides of view.

Not even for money he would change his mind.

"I have said that I would not, for  chapel full of gold, recede from the truth."

Few scenes in church history are more touching than Hus's fidelity and refusal to swerve from absolute truth,even to save his life.

On 6 July 1415 was the day before his burning and Hus saw that all his books he wrote were burning on a bonfire.

One day later Hus was executed.

The Bohemian rebellion refused to die with Hus.It developed a moderate and militant wing

The followers of Hus called the Utraquists and the Taborites struggled against the Roman Church and the German Empire until several wars reduced theri number and influence.But an independent church survived called the Unitas Fratrum or Unity of the Brotherhood.

The time of judgment had come.The Unity of Brotherhood was wittness to that fact, and a promise of things to come. 

Luisa G

The period during Clement's election was called long exile of the ancient Jews in Babylon. The papacy into the executive office of the council and subordinated the pope to more authority. Avignon papacy said there was abuse of money. This caused them to replace founds and raised new ones. On April 18th a new pope was elected. Clement later on moved to italy and then to France. 

introduction by catia

pope  Boniface proclaimed a free year kinda like that in 1300 this was like really weird i think. he did this although to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Jesus. This was probably a really big deal to Christians so it obviously had to have something as important as a whole year of celebration. After Boniface did this many popes followed him and did the same thing. So cliche i think they just wanted to have some free time like we all do i think. Boniface for doing what he did of proclaiming a whole year of a holiday he was seen as the father of the "holy years". Although at this time popes were very respected precisely like at Bonifaces time popes starting loosing their god granted power which was overated i think at this time. people started questioning them and not following them like if they were god. 

Elisa Weissenberg

The Great Papal Schism

this lasted for 39 years. each pope had his own College of Cardinals...isureing the papal succesion of its own choice. each and every pope claimed that they were the true Vicar of Christ. this person had the power to excumunicate those who did not acknoledge him. in 1395 leading proffessors at the university of Paris proposed that a general councl should meet to heal the schism.the question was which pope had the rights to ratify any decision? the Canon Law prohibited the reunion of Christendom

Antonio y Marbyn

There were three popes at a time and that was too much. These popes preached crusade against each other and selling indulgences. Now when these popes were elected, they abused their power into benefitting themselves and not caring for anybody else.

Sleep and Change in the kingdom by Alejandra R

This section is about how people were moving away from the corrupt church. And a new message was spread through out the kingdom. The message was that heaven was like soil that will always give grain. I think this means that Heaven is a great place where we will all get what we want no matter what. A new era for the church to redeem itself with the whole community. Now corrupt members of the church would be convicted and they would be punished in some way. I think this was very good because the church was finally focused in what it had to be focused and not on corruption.    

Blog Assignments

Chapter 22 on page 215:

Read assigned section and write a blog summarizing your section.

• Catia: Intro
• Ale: Sleep and Change in the Kingdom
• Jana: A New Voice in Christendom
• Luisa: The Captivity of the Holy Father
• Elisa: The Great Papal Schism
• Antonio and Melvin: A New Pope Elected

Saint Francis of Assisi by 11th grade

Francis of Assisi, his real name was Giovanni Francesco Bernardone. He was born October 3, 1226. Saint Francis was a friar and the founder of the Order of Friars Minor, more commonly known as the Franciscans. He is known as the patron saint of animals, the environment and Italy, and it is customary for Catholic churches to hold ceremonies honoring animals around his feast day of 4 October. 

Antonio

   during all the time i was in the retreat, i learned that to think before you act is always better. i learned new things about women; how they react before and during their periods. it was great and fun. 

retreat by catia

I LOVED THE ICE CREAM WE HAD ON THURSDAY NIGHT!!! The game we played was fun too. I think that before this retreat I had not thought about my spiritual journey but now i have. It was very interesting to get to know our teachers from a more friendly point of view rather than student to teacher. We also had more personal moments with them than we do in school. The location of the retreat was great also. It was beautiful being near the lake and waking up with such a nice view. I had nice moments with my friends and teachers. The trivia game we played of teachers was quite fun. it was interesting and fun getting to learn fun facts of our teachers. I think it is amazing that  Miss. Cromwell won 3 world championships of horseback riding and that Mr. Marshall was born orange like a pumpkin. I still regret putting that Mr. Macy was born in Japan because i knew he was born in Arizona and my team decided to put otherwise. Retreat was fun and i enjoyed it.

11th grade

Church History is a class were we learn about christianity and the church. This week as we approach retreat we think learning about the history of the church and christianity can make us better christians and we can understand the messages of the Bible in a better way. also seeing various examples of conversion like the one of Augustine we can try to be like him and decide at retreat to convert our lives or just to be better persons, to communicate in a better way with our friends and family. Retreat can be whatever we want to but we should take advantage of it and try to renew our spiritual life and be better christians. We will have 3 days with our teachers as spiritual guides and in a relaxing place, and in church history it may not have been the same but various persons throughout the history of christianity have had similar experiences as the one we are offered at retreat so lets go with open hearts and try to understand the messages we hear.

Pope Leo and Gregory the Great

we talked about Gregory the Great who became pope against his own will.

Gregory was only 50 years old but chronically ill.

when he heard that he had been elected to the papal office he hid in a forest but people find him and in the end he became pope.

Prior to become pope gregory was mayor of rome and then a Benedictine monk.

Like Augustine struggled with sexual sins Gregory struggled with the sin of pride.

Gregory was a a great missionary, sending monks throughout the barbarian world.He was also a great defender of orthodoxy.

An other character we talked about was Pope Leo III.

He was charged with the crimes of perjury and adultery.

Pope Leo appealed to the traditional protector of the papacy, the King of the Franks, Charles the Great(also known as Charlemagne)

The Pope Charlemagne as emperor of the Christian Roman Empire.

Charlemagne had expanded and united his kingdom through military victory and leadership.

After his death, a dominating personality, the empire was too vast and the nobility too powerful, for the empire to hold togehther.

  

Antonio's Answer

i learned that Pope Leo III was as human as all of us. he was charged with the crimes of perjury and adultery. that is normal in humans because we all sin all the time. Pope Leo also, after his aquital, crowned Charlemagne as emperor of the Christian Roman empire. these are some of the most important things we learned during the 3rd quarter.

3rd quarter so far. Catia

Some characters we have studied are Pope Leo, Charlemagne, Gregory, Benedict, Gregory the Great, and Augustine. All these characters have been involved in church history. Gregory and Leo were popes. Others like Benedict and Augustine are saints. Both of them also instituted monk orders like the Benedictine monks and the Augustinian monks. Some of this characters have peculiar stories behind them. For example Gregory did not want to be pope. He was a monk and therefore had to be obedient and accepted the charge but he did not want to. In fact when he was told that he would be pope he ran and hid in a forest and would not come out. Saint Augustine on the other hand struggled with sexual sins. He had many wives and children. He once prayed to God for God to help him change, but later, not then. Augustine is a special person I think because of all the people we have studied he is the one I can most sympathize with. He was more of a normal person and had the normal temptations all of us have. Some of this persons are so righteous and always follow the Christian pathway but Augustine struggled a lot with many things just like any human being. Although the popes were a religious figure I can see a lot of political influence in their job. We can see this when for example Pope Leo was sent to settle down some issues when the Vandals came to invade Rome. Pope Leo was also sent to make peace when Atila the Hut when he as well came to invade Rome.

From person to person we have gone seeing how they have influenced Christianity. We saw the break in christianity of the Roman orthodox church and the Eastern orthodox church. Also we saw how the papacy started having political influence in the Roman empire and so on. 

Luisa G

we have studied many things so far. we have also talked about lots of people, for example Tertulian, origen, cyprean and others. we have also talked about some popes, i think this is really important for people to know. i think this because we have to know history in order to not commit the same error twice. knowing about church history makes me feel like a better christian because i actually know the base of what i believe. Before i only believed in what i heard but i didn't actually know from where it came. this year we have been learning a lot, and i really appreciate this. Our teacher is also REALLY nice! probably the best teacher we have ever had!!! :D

Luisa G

Melvin and Elisa

This quarter we've talking about many things. We've talked about the separation of the church, and how they were separated by a single event. We've also studied about some saints that helped spreading christianity in the ancient world. For example saint Augustine founding the English church.We also talked about Pope Gregory the great and how he helped in the development of christian theology. 

Chptrs. 9-18 From "Laying her Sceptre DOwn" to "The Search For Unity" by Alejandra R.

In our way from chapter 9 to chapter 18 we have learned about some every interesting people. We have seen how different empires and how they have risen to then decline, we have seen how so many people have influenced christianity to form what we have and follow today. We have learned about how Christianity changed from being a hidden thing to being a common practice in the world. 

For example we learned about Constantine and how he exposed Christianity through out the whole world. Constantine was not a Christian since the beginning of his life, he converted in to Christianity when he was an emperor. Constantine had to face a battle following Galerius' death to gain imperial power. Prior to the battle constantine had a dream in which he saw a cross in the sky and the words "conquer" in it. Constantine won the battle and he took this as a sign of the power of Christ and the superiority of the Christian religion. AFter his conversion COnstantine abolished crucifixion and he made Sunday a public holiday. Some people doubt Of Constantine's conversion, however he did play a very important role in the history of christianity. Thanks to Constantine Christianity was exposed and was made legal.      

    

MrMac: Assignment

Review (using book, study guides, homework, and past tests) and write a summary blog of what we have covered so far in this course for the 3rd Quarter. If you need resources, please ask your teacher for permission to get them.

MrMac: Assignment Middle Ages

Comment on the importance of Pope Gregory the Great to the development of Christian theology during the Middle Ages.

11th Grade

1. Saint Augustine- he is considered the "apostle to the english" and a founder of the English Church. 

2. Saint Thomas- Spread Christianity to India. 

3. Saint Boniface- He was the missionay who propagated Christianity in  Germany. 

4. Saint Patrick- Is he is the saint of Ireland, he preached in Ireland. 

5. Saint Bridget- Was the first woman to be a bishop, ruled a convent of nuns and priests.  

Project: Mission to the Barbarians

List at least five people who are prominent in bringing Christianity from Rome to Northern Europe; and, explain their impact.

A division between two chuches by 11th grade

 It is very interesting that once upon a time both churches were one and the same. The event that separated both churches, happened a long time along when during mass the embassedor of the Pope went into a church in the middle of mass and excommunicated the Patriarch Of Constantinople. That was the event that separated both churches. They have some similarities like the use of icons, but the western church changed for statues. The event of excommunicating each other finally reached an end when pope John Paul II became pope.     

MrMac: Eastern Orthodoxy

1. Discuss the event in 1054 CE that created the divide between Western and Eastern Christianity.

2. How are the Churches of Rome and Eastern Orthodoxy different, how are they similar?

hello mr mc marlin

hello class

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mr.mac: Rise of the Papacy

Defend each of these positions:

1.  Jesus Christ established the papacy with the Apostle Peter; and the Bishop of Rome as Peter's successor bears the supreme authority over the whole church.

2.  History indicates that the establishment of the papacy was established by slow and painful process.  Pope Leo (440-461 CE) provided for the first time the biblical and theological bases of the papal claim.

1/28/09

i think the disciples were also very important because they were a big part in the entire time of Jesus. i think it is a little bit strange that the first pope was nominated 450 years after peter.    Many people have disagreed on that. i think it depends on the person and catholic superiors to think on what should be best to say. 

jan 28 '09

I think that the most important person in the bible is Jesus.

 i think that because he God's son and also because he died for us!

and probably if he hadn't died for us i wouldn't be writing this.

i think that the first one is right. i think that there were popes 

after Peter. i think this because probably everyone wanted that 

place in church and they kept the tradition that was started. 

i think that since then there has been popes in the catholic

church!

Chapter 13

     I think that yes Jesus can be considered the first form of papacy, because he was the head of the church once, and everyone followed his believes so for me Jesus can definetly be consider the first pope. Crowds would get together to listen to Jesus and his teachings. Most people would obey his commands jut like a modern pope. The only difference is that a pope has other bishops that obey him. And Jesus had the apostles, but they were more like followers than workers. 

                                                       Ale.         

11th grade biography of saint Augustine

Saint augustine was a person that struggle with temptation trough out his life. But his convertion came when he met Ambros. But still he could not find peace until one day he heard the voice of a child telling him to open the bible. SO he did and he read a verse a bout temptation. Saint augustine felt a peace he had never felt before, from that moment on he never struggle with temptation again. He became a great preacher and his writings still illustrate a lot of followers among the world. He is known for "the city of God" , which is a concept that he had that said that the destruction of rome was meant to be and he compared it to the destruction of Sodom.  

Mr Mac: Augustine

Write a brief biography of Saint Augustine of Hippo.