High School Ancient History Lesson 22: The Church in the Middle Ages part I

Note that with the need for security, the Roman Catholic Church became so powerful and dominant that no monarch dared to question it's authority.

Complete the outline using your notes.

I. Growth of the power of the Roman Catholic Church
     A. The power of Salvation. 
           1. Read The Petrine Theory.
     B. Corpus Christendom

II. Investiture Controversy. Read Question of Papal Supremacy
     A. The Investiture Controversy led to an unprecedented expansion of the claim of papal supremacy from the ecclesiastical into the temporal sphere.

III. The Growth and the Solidifying of Roman Catholic Church's Power
     A. Actual Powers of the Roman Catholic Church
          1. Excommunication
          2. Interdict
     B. Growing Centralization
          1. College of Cardinals
          2. Canon Law
          3. Roman Curia
          4. Roman Camara