Liturgical Dramas were presented and used as effective teaching tools during the medieval period, as they were easy for everyone to comprehend. Broad performances of meaningful characteristics, portraying past religious time periods typically took place in the church; a sacristy (Rosenwein 436). In the sacristy, didactic plays took place in replace of ecclesiastical language and… Continue reading →
Cluniac order during the age of the reform was an independent house, free from all secular or ecclesiastical jurisdiction (Madigan 122). It established an extremely liturgical lifestyle that was based off of Benedictine customs (122). During this time the papacy was a leader in the age of reform and their thoughts were typically monastic, specifically… Continue reading →
Team 4: Beutler: question 2 (Category: irish christianity; Tags: patrick) 2. Patrick, Confessio. Briefly summarize Madigan’s discussion of the entrance of Christianity into Ireland. Then turn to an analysis of Patrick’s Confessio, a document whose title can mean “declaration” (in defense of critics), “profession” (of faith), a praise of God, and a statement used in… Continue reading →
