Ecclesiology A Short Course on the Medieval Church Yuri Koszarycz Table of Contents The 2nd and 3rd Centuries; An Era of Trial and Opposition The Church Rapidly Expands Culture and Theology in the Roman Empire: 1st Century Teaching Authority in the Early Christian Communities The Faith of the Early Fathers The Beginnings of Monasticism The New Testament Canon and Other Doctrinal Issues The 4th and 5th Centuries: The Church in Radical Change Constantinian Christianity Concerns for the Unity of Faith The Growing Authority of the Roman Bishop The 6th to the 10th Centuries: A New Orientation for the Church The Church as Authority and Power Power, Politics and Religion in 800 AD The Growth and Influence of Western Monasticism The Church and the State -- The First 1000 Years The 11th to the 13th Centuries: Innocent III and the Great Schism The Pontificate of Innocent III (1198-1216) and the Tragedy of the Great Schism Relations Between Church and the Roman State Conflict between Constantinople and Rome The Influence of the Crusades The Results of the Disputes The Understanding of Church in the West The 14th and 15th Centuries: The Church in Moral Crisis The Church in Moral Crisis: Prelude to the Reformation The Reformation of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries

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