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Chapter 5
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Building the City of God:
Holiness in the
Wilderness,Leadership
in the World
Cp.5 Vocabulary for pages 8388
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Monasticism
Holiness
Antony of Egypt
Thomas Merton
Contemplation
Basil
Jerome
Latin Vulgate
*Cp. 5 Concept A.*
Monasticism.4th
C. > people began
“retreating” from the everyday world in
order to pursue holiness.
Antony of Egypt (Desert) sought out as a
teacher and wise adviser
Basil developed a rule to guide monastic
life
Jerome translated the Bible into Latin the
common language of most people in the
West. Known as the Latin Vulgate
A word about Monasticism
To
come to God through Christ
To pursue holiness
A life of prayer, fasting and doing
good works
2 types of Monasticism:
Eremitical>solitary
Cenobitical>community
A word about Monasticism
Monks(men)
and Nuns(women) take 3
vows
Poverty
Chastity
Obedience
Who is the Monk or Nun’s role model?
Where do we look to see the 3 vows
lived out in perfection?
A word about Monasticism
Just
as an athlete “gives up” or
renounces certain things to perfect
his/her skill so do “God’s Athletes”
give up or renounce certain things to
help them focus on their relationship
with God.
A word about Monasticism
Poverty,
Chastity, Obedience help
the Monk or Nun keep their focus on
God
Remember> We are all called to a life
of holiness and are called to practice
in our lives Poverty, Chastity,
Obedience.
A word about Monasticism
Asceticism+practicing
strict selfdenial as a means of religious
discipline
For the Monk or Nun:
Poverty= giving up any personal
ownership of things.
A word about Monasticism
Chastity
= giving up spouse and family
Obedience=
giving up personal will for
the will of God.
A word about Monasticism
For
Us:
Poverty= to be in a rightful
relationship with the material world.
Taking care of what we have
Sharing with others
Thinking before we buy
A word about Monasticism
Chastity=
To be in a rightful
relationship with the people in our
lives.
Being pure in what we say and what
we do.
Being faithful to our spouse
A word about Monasticism
Obedience=being
obedient to the
rightful authorities in our lives. God
Parents, law enforcement, teachers,
employers, etc.
Writing: How in your life do you try
to live out Poverty, Chastity and
Obedience?
Concept B: The Legacy of
Ambrose and Augustine
Bishops
Ambrose and Augustine help
guide the church define its role in the
world.
Ambrose>required Roman emperors
to conform to the church and he
inspired Augustine to become a
Christian.
Ambrose
Governor
of Milan
People did not want an Arian as their
bishop so they rioted
Ambrose quiets the riot and the
people start shouting “Ambrose for
bishop!”
More on Ambrose
Ambrose
hides but he people find
him and he agrees to be their bishop
Ambrose was a scholar, and an
excellent pastor
Ambrose sold gold and jewels given
to his church so he could ransom
people help captive by the barbarian
Goths.
Ambrose Stands Up to Power
He
would NOT turn over the church
in Milan to the Arians even though
the emperor wanted him to!
The people of Milan supported
Ambrose and packed into the church
24/7 so it couldn’t be taken over.
Ambrose Stands Up to Power
The
emperor backs down!
“The emperor is IN the Church, not
OVER the church; and far from
refusing the Church's help, a good
emperor seeks it.”
Ambrose Stands Up to Power
Ambrose
demands that emperor
Theodosius do public penance for his
order to kill several thousand
people(they were spared)
The church becomes a force to be
reckoned with for now even the
emperors obey it.
Ambrose Question
Ambrose
stood up to the Emperor
and guided him away from heresy.
Write an imaginary dialogue between
yourself and someone powerful you
wish you could speak to. What is the
issue at hand? What do you want the
person to do, or stop doing, why?
Augustine Background
North
African
Dad=Roman officer.pagan
Mom=Monica>Christian
Good student
Leaves school at 16.No $$ for Tuition
Lives a wild life
Returns to school>lawyer at 18>teacher
Augustine
In
his search for meaning Augustine
becomes a Manichaean
Heresy!
Believed that one god created good
and another god created evil
Therefore no one is responsible for
his /her sins!
Augustine
…later
Augustine begins to believe in
one God and that humans have a
spiritual side
Ambrose and Monica are a great help
to Augustine in his search for
meaning.
Augustine converts to Christianity
Augustine
Augustine
writes The Confessions which is
his autobiography.
>>Augustine Question:
Write about a turning point in your life,
when you left behind one set of ideas,
behaviors, or attitudes and took on a
different set of behaviors, beliefs.
Heresies Augustine Fought
Donatists:
Apostasy can NOT be forgiven
Any minister of the church who
at one
time denied Christ, even if they repented,
ARE NOT forgiven!
Therefore any sacrament they have given
is INVALID!!
This heresy is teaching that the validity of
the sacrament depends on the holiness of
the minister.
Augustine’s answer to the
Donatists
NO!
The validity of a sacrament
comes from GOD who works
THROUGH imperfect human beings.
The sacraments are actions of Christ
and do not depend on the personal
holiness of the minister to be valid.
Augustine Fights Another
Heresy
Pelagianism:
Pelagians
believed that people could
get to heaven without the help pf God
(grace).
By our own hard work we are saved.
Augustine’s Answer to the
Pelagians
NO!
We rely on and cooperate with
the grace of God to help in our
salvation. We can not do it all alone.
HORROR!!!!!
The
city of Rome falls to the Goths in 410
HOWISTHISPOSSIBLE?????
People in shock
Augustine writes The City of God
Roman Empire= “City of Man”
Church= “City of God’
The city of man will always fail but we are
building the city of God!>love and service
Concept C: The Rising Influence
of the Papacy
Remember:
Rome(the city) has fallen to
the Goths in 410. All political attention is
riveted on the East. That is where the
emperor resides in the new capital city of
Constantinople.
This leaves Rome with no real leadership .
The most qualified and stable institution to
rule was the Church and the Bishop of
Rome, that is the POPE!
Pope Leo I (the Great)
Becomes
pope in 440
Tough,intelligent and courageous
The empire is under attack from
barbarians
The church is under attack from
heresy.
Pope Leo I
The papacy(the office of the pope) was
seen as so important that Leo began
to use the title:
Pontifex Maximus. This title was used
by Roman emperors to indicate their
role as high priest in the Roman
religion.
Pope Leo I
Pontifex
Maximus= “highest bridge
builder”> the one who “makes the
bridge” between the people and the
Gods.
The use of this title indicates Leo’s
power,especially in the Western part
of the Empire.
Pope Leo I
Pope>father>affectionate
term
“papa”
When Pope Leo I claims the title
“pontifex maximus” for the papacy
the role of the pope is seen not just
as a spiritual father but NOW as a
powerful state official
Pope as Peacemaker
Attila
the Hun
Huns have swept into Italy and plan
to take Rome.
The emperor asks Leo to negotiate
Alone and unarmed Leo meets Attila
Attila turns back his troops!
What do you think Leo said to Attila?
Leo and Heresy
Some
say Jesus isn’t human
( Gnostics)
Some say Jesus isn’t divine(Arians)
Leo calls the council of Chalcedon in
451
This council teaches that Jesus is
both human and divine.
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