Middle Age Religion Beliefs and the Existence of Christianity

Humanities 1101

Instructor Mrs. A. Walker

Assignment Term Paper

3/8/2010

Cites & Reference: Biography

King James Bible

State University Encyclopedia pg 17206

Fiona McDonald: "Everyday Life: The Middle Ages" Silver Burdett Company

McDonald Educational 1984

Catherine Oakes: "Exploring the Past: The Middle Ages" The Hamlyn Publishing Group, Orlando 1989

Humanities 1101

Instructor Mrs. A. Walker

Assignment Term Paper

3/8/2010

Middle Age Religion Beliefs and the existence of Christianity

Middle Ages Religion - The Christian Religion (Christianity)

The Christian religion, Religion or Christianity, is the name given to the system of religious belief and practice which was taught by Jesus Christ in the country of Palestine during the reign of the Roman Emperor Tiberius (42 BC - AD 37). Christianity stemmed from Judaism. Christianity borrowed many rituals from other cults including Judaism. Jesus Christ, its founder, and His disciples were all orthodox Jews. The new Christian religion emerged based on the testimony of the Scriptures, as interpreted by the life of Jesus Christ and the teaching of JESUS Apostles, which were documented in the Bible. So how was the Roman Catholic Religion introduced? Read on I will tell and show you how the Pope came about and the Catholic point of view. The Bible teaches that Christ loves the church and gave himself for it (Ephesians 5:25). Say what you want but everyone knows when you are in trouble there is one name to call on to get you out.

Religion still arouses human conflict and blocks genuine probes. Religion inspires war and incites mild arguments and violence at worst on discussing the viewpoint in social gatherings. Religion is passionate and illogical at times. Separation between religions we see today didn't exist in western civilization until the 18th century. Middle Ages (Roman Catholic Religion) - The Great Schism and the Great Western Schism in 1054 there was a split between the Eastern and Western Christian Churches prompted by arguments over the crusades. This split was called the Great Schism. The Great Western Schism occurred in Western Christendom from 1378 - 1417.Christianity religion and the church played an important role in life in the middle Ages. Everyone in Europe was a Christian during the middle Ages from the richest king down to the lowest serf. From the moment of its baptism a few days after birth, a child entered into a life of service to GOD and GOD's Church. As a child grew, it would be taught basic prayers, would go to church every week. Every person was required to live by the Church's laws and to pay heavy taxes to support the Church. In addition to collecting taxes, the Church also accepted gifts of all kinds from individuals who wanted special favors or wanted to be certain of a place in heaven. These gifts included land, flocks, crops, and even serfs. This allowed the Church to become very powerful, and it often used this power to influence the kings to do as it wanted.

The Rise of the Christian Religion (Christianity) in the Roman Era Christianity began among a small number of Jews about 120, {reference the book Acts 1:15}. Christianity was seen as a threat to the Roman Empire as Christians refused to worship the Roman gods or the Emperor. This resulted in the persecution of the early Christians, many of whom were killed and thus became martyrs to the Christian religion. The prosecution of the believers to the Christian religion ended during the reign of the Roman Emperor Constantine. Emperor Constantine I (AD ca. 285 - AD 337) of the Roman Empire legalized Christianity and Constantine the Great proclaimed himself as an 'Emperor of the Christian people'. Most of the Roman Emperors that came after Constantine were Christians. Christianity then became the official religion of the Roman Empire instead of the old Roman religion that had worshipped many Gods called polytheism referred in our textbook in chapter 2.

Crusades to Jerusalem in pilgrimages were made by people in the middle Ages who had been guaranteed their safety in the city. Usually, this was a shrine where a saint was buried or a visit to the Holy Land itself. Making a pilgrimage was long and often dangerous. Almost all the people traveled on foot and there were pirates lying await for the unarmed pilgrims. However, people went on these journeys anyways because they felt that prayers made at a saint's tomb were especially powerful. If a loved one fell ill, a relative might promise to make a pilgrimage if the person got better, or someone might go to show that they were sorry for their sins. They also speak of this crusade in the book of the bible Exodus where Moses is referenced in the second book of the Old Testament. This book refers to the departure of the Israelites from Egypt under Moses in the 13th century BC. The book begins with the story of the Israelites' enslavement in Egypt and God's call to Moses to become a prophet. It tells of the plagues sent to persuade the pharaoh to free the Israelites, and it recalls their crossing of the Sea of Reeds everyone knows this as (the Red Sea) and their 40 years of wandering in the Sinai desert.

In 1065 Jerusalem was taken by the Turks. The Christians were treated so badly that throughout people were moved to fight in crusades. The Crusades Timeline of history were the First the Children's Crusade, the Minor Crusades, the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the Holy Land Pilgrimage and the End of the Medieval Crusades of the middle Ages.

Peter the Hermit a Religious Crusader organized and guided the paupers as a spiritually purified and holy group of pilgrims who would be protected by the Heavenly Host. Leading one of the five sections of the People's Crusade to the destination of their pilgrimage, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, he started from Cologne in April, 1096, and arrived at Constantinople at the end of July. Peter then joined the other section which had succeeded in reaching Constantinople, that of Walter the Penniless, into a single group and kept the pilgrims around Constantinople while he negotiated the shipping of the People's Crusade to the Holy Land. In Peter's absence the pilgrims were ambushed and cut to pieces by the Turks.