What do we know about Christianity in the 12th century
As the title states "what do we know about Christianity in the 12th century"?
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Constantinople hadn't been stabbed in the back by the West yet.
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Constantinople hadn't been stabbed in the back by the West yet.
Ha ha, (no this is not malicious laughter). Yes, being a Western Christian (not simply from the West, but also identifying Western Tradition as my own) I regret some of our dealings with our Eastern Brothers and Sisters. (philioque comes to mind).
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In the 12th century Monks lived in Monasteries and were known to be deep into studying. They were also known for printing scripture and the term scriptorium was used.
12th century Monastery:
A bible could be made from vellum and it could take the skin of as many as 250 sheep for one bible. Also the effort needed to print a bible in these times was very lengthy and the monks would take a year or more for one bible. They were know to make inks using gems and other natural items to bring color and beauty to their work. The monks would also illustrate bibles with pictures. Finally it has been determined that the cost of a bible in these times could be equated to $100,000 US dollars today.
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Pope John Paul II:
"The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish."
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In general. I would like to paint a picture if you will on how Christians lived in the 12th century as christians.
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"The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish."
The people of Constantinople rebelled and kicked out the Latin rulers from the city. Andronikos I Komnenos becomes the last of the Komnenoi to rule the Byzantine Empire.
Northern Crusades began where Roman Catholics start attacking pagan areas in the Baltic as well as forcing the Orthodox Christians in the area to become Roman Catholic.
Third Crusade began.
From "Bible and Church History" of "The Orthodox Faith" series by Fr. Thomas Hopko.
Originally Posted by Twelfth Century
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The twelfth century saw the continual struggle of the Comneni imperial dynasty in Constantinople with the crusading Latins from the West and the encroaching Moslem Turks in the East. The emperor Alexius Comnenus officially sanctioned Mount Athos as the center of Orthodox monasticism. Eudiymios Zigabenus produced his Dogmatic Panoply, a handbook of the official doctrines of the Church. Although there was a genuine interest in theology in the empire at this time, the actual theological work in Eastern Christendom was limited to a repetition and cataloging of traditional doctrines.
Art and architecture developed in the twelfth century with such classical Byzantine monuments as the church buildings and mosaics of the Church of Saint Luke and the Church of Daphni near Athens. In Russia Saint Alypius (d. 1114), the "father of Russian iconography," lived in this period. Some of the greatest architectural and iconographic achievements of Novgorod, Vladimir, Suzdal, and Pskov came from this time.
Kievan Russia
Christianity in Kievan Russia continued to expand and develop. A fire in Kiev in 1124 is reported to have destroyed six hundred church edifices -an indication of the great development of this cosmopolitan city which had become a leading center of European and Byzantine culture and trade. Early in this century, the Prince Vladimir Monomakh (d.1125) wrote his famous "charge to my children," a document intended to guide his sons in their lives as Christian leaders. Byzantine influence was still very strong in Kievan Christianity. The Russian Primary Chroniclecontaining the lives of many early Kievan saints, was edited traditionally by the monk Nestor of the caves monastery.
Serbia
The twelfth century witnessed the emergence of Serbian statehood through the efforts of the ruler Nemanya (1113-1199). It was Nemanya's son, Rastko, who fled to Mount Athos to become a monk by the name of Sava. He was destined to become the great national saint and leader of the Serbian people. Sava finally brought his father to Mount Athos to end his life in the monastic habit with the name of Simeon, canonized by the Church as Saint Simeon the Myrrh-flowing. The Byzantine emperor Angelos gave the Serbian father and son the monastery of Hilandari on Mount Athos which remains until today as the Serbian monastery on the holy mountain.
The West
Together with the centralizing of papal power and the victory of the papacy over the secular rulers, the twelfth century West saw the rise of the Victorine school of Augustinian theology led by Hugo (d.1141) and Richard of St. Victor (d.1173). At this time Peter Lombard wrote his influential Sentences, while on the more popular level the spiritualistic, dualistic movements of the Waldensians and Albigensians were making their impact.
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