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Crisesin theLate Medieval Church
Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley H. S.
Chappaqua, NY
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Decline in the Medieval Church
Spiritual Authority
TemporalAuthority
Political SpiritualPoverty

• Taxing the clergy clericis laicos - 1296
• Royal courts vs. Church courts
• Papal Bull Unam Sanctam - 1302
• Marsilius of Padus Defensor Pacis - 1324

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Specific Crises

1. New Heresies.
2. Schism.
3. Lay Reform.
4. Conciliarism.

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Decline in the Medieval Church
Official ChurchBeliefs
Heresies
TheologicalDifferences

• John Wycliffe
• Lollards
• John Huss

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The Hussite Wars 1420-1436
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Decline in the Medieval Church
Popes
Church CouncilsConciliarism
InternalChurch Power

• Innocent III
• Boniface VIII
• The Avignon Papacy1309-1377

• Pisa
• Constance
• Basel

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The Great Schism 1378-1417
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The Avignon Papal Complex
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Decline in the Medieval Church
FAITHScholasticism
REASONRoger Bacon William of Ockham
IntellectualInquiry

• Peter Abelard Sic et Non
• Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologica

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Decline in the Medieval Church
ChurchCorruption
IndividualPiety
ReligiousDevotion

• Inquisition
• Rich Monasteries
• Benefices

• Lay Devotions
• Beguines
• Beghards