Guibert’s book on saints and their relics illuminates the overwhelming power that relics had in the lives of Christians. Their power was believed to be so great, that people would bring stillborn babies to the relics of saints claiming they had the power to bring them to life, long enough to baptize them so they… Continue reading →
Madigan describes the two types of reform movements as “dramatically different from Orthodox Christianity” and “dogmatically deviant” (Madagin, 177), these words however come from sources that are almost entirely against these newer forms of Christianity. The Carthars and Waldensians were both criticized and interrogated by the Church with full support of the Pope. Several different… Continue reading →
The Ecclesiastical History of the English People by Bede was mean to be a book celebrating the origins and challenges faced by the Catholic church in Britain, while at the same time praised the efforts of Pope Gregory the Great. As an elite Christian monk, the audience Bede was reaching would be other educated fellows… Continue reading →
