CHURCH HISTORY IN ROME

Church Hierarchy

• Pope
• Cardinals
• Archbishiops
• Bishops
• Priests, Missionaries

Romanesque Architecture

• semi-circular arches
• thick walls
• groin vaults
• large towers
• decorative arcading

gothic architecture

• pointed arch
• vaulted ceiling
• flying buttress
• light interior
• gargoyles

Cross Plan

• featured square center
• internal structure shaped like a cross
• topped by a dome
• barrel and groin vaults
• nave, side isles, transepts, and atlas

Sects/Heresies

• heresy: a belief held by a person against church teachings
• Gnosticism, Albigensians, Waldensians, Bogomils

Church Life

• dominates political and social
• excommunication and inderdict
• taught to go along with whatever church says
• God determined social class

Catholic Church Today

• it plays a part in politics and culture of American society
• affects the way we look at other people
• affects what political side we support, affects beliefs
• separation of church and state is interesting because:
• people cannot talk about their beliefs/religions in certain places (ex: public school)

Piece of Art

• gargoyles from Gothic Architecture
• designed to convey water from a roof
• prevents rainwater from running down walls
• scare evil spirits away from the church

SOURCES

• Wikipedia.com
• http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0922582.html
• http://www2.palomar.edu/users/mhudelson/studyguides/rmnsqvsgothic_wa.html
• http://www2.kenyon.edu/projects/margin/heresy.htm
• http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/separation-of-church-and-state