The encounter between Pope Saint Leo the Great and Attila the Hun Saint Leo the Great was the pope in the fifth century. He served as pope for twenty-one years. This century was the time in history when barbarian armies were ravaging the once mighty Roman Empire. Pope Leo strived to increase the influence of the pope. He had the hard job to defend the church from threat of heresy. When Attila the Hun who had already sacked Northern Italian cities and towns was marching toward Rome, Pope Leo headed north to meet him and try to stop the attack. Pope Leo met up with Attila the Hun in the neighborhood of the river of Mincio. It is said that Pope Leo said this to Attila "The senate and the people of Rome, once conquerors of
the world, now indeed vanquished, come before thee as suppliants. We pray for mercy and deliverance. O Attila, thou king of kings, thou couldst have no greater glory than to see suppliant at thy feet this people before whom once all peoples and kings lay suppliant. Thou hast subdued, O Attila, the whole circle of the lands which it was granted to the Romans, victors over all peoples, to conquer. Now we pray that thou, who hast conquered others, shouldst conquer thyself. The people have felt thy scourge; now as suppliants they would feel thy mercy." Pope Leo persuaded Attila to spare Rome and to accept tribute (payment) instead. . Many people believe that Pope Leo was the reason why Attila backed down. This is what earned him the title “Great”. He was the first pope to earn this title. Saint Leo worked very hard as pope to protect the Church, increase the influence of the Pope and Bishops, and spread the catholic religion. The Church honors Pope Saint Leo as a Doctor of the Church for all his contributions to defending the faith and building up the Church during a difficult time in history. We celebrate his feast day on November 10.
Since heretics were a big problem according to the church, Pope Innocent III got involved. Pope Innocent III called a crusade on heretics which started a war. Pope Innocent III called the crusade on heretics because he believed they were too big of a threat to ignore. It was a 20 year, long, bloody battle against the heretics. The result of the war was that the war destroyed many towns and thousands of people were killed. The war took place in France. He and the church wanted the country to be heretic free. Almost all heretics were killed during the bloody 20 year war. (Burstein and Shek).
Isn 't it ironic when there’s a clown, but he 's not happy like his painted smile portrays, he’s actually quite depressed. In fact he 's actually more than so an individual who can 't seem to get his life in order. In Tandolfo the Great we meet Rodney, a troubled young man who seems to have lost it after reading a letter from his supposed love. Along the way we are met with images of “this isn 't me” and actions that bring us to the question of “Is this really Rodney or could it be an alter ego?” Rodneys ' action consists of “self-destructive behavior, mood swings, and
The First Crusade is often cited as one of the most damnable consequences of religious fanaticism. A careful inspection of the circumstances and outcomes, however, will reveal a resultant political restructuring of Europe under the banner of Christendom. The purpose of this investigation is to investigate Pope Urban II’s motives in initiating the First Crusade, with a particular focus on the consolidation of the Western Church’s influence in Europe. Among the primary sources that will be consulted are the letter sent by Patriach Alexios of Constantinople to Urban, and an account of Urban’s speech at Clermont. Relevant excerpts from both of these primary sources, as well as contextual evidence and a wide array of historiography, will be taken
In March of 1095, the Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus appealed to the papacy for military aid to help against increasingly hostile neighbours. In 1095 the Seljuk Turks had come within one hundred miles of Byzantium or Constantinople, and they were thought to be threatening Eastern Christians. It was at this point that Alexius summoned the pope’s help to rid the area of th...
Pope Urban II was sought by Alexius Comnenus, a Byzantine Emperor who wanted the papacy to help his army hold off the advancing Seljuk Turks in Asia Minor. The reason for Alexius Comnenus contacting the pope rather than another emperor or monarch wasn’t just the fact they were secular, but because the pope would have more power to persuade the people. The Gregorian movement in 1050-80 was ultimately was responsible for the new instilled power of the papacy’s position over nonreligious rulers. The pope agreed to aid the Byzantine emperor, but he also had his own agenda when it came to the military advances and the new power of his position. The papacy did not intend to only help the Byzantine Empire but to further save all of Christendom from being overrun.
Previous to the speech, Pope Urban II had received a message from the Byzantine emperor asking for help to fight off the Arab invaders. So in this speech, the pope urged everybody in Christendom to carry out their duties as Christians, and go to fight for God. The pope claimed to all of his followers that anybody could have their sins and mistakes forgiven, and they could be in the good graces of God.
Most scholars agree that one of the main reasons for the crusades was Pope Urban ii and a quest for political power. His presence as the Pope help cement the Crusading and set it on his path maybe not the path he intended but it was his presence and words that did it. according to P AUL E. C
A main cause of the Crusades was the treatment of Christian pilgrims. They were robbed, beaten, and then sold. The main group of Turks, the Seljuk Turks, were threatening and growing in power. The Byzantine Emperor, Alexus I, began to become worried and sent out an urgent plea to Pope Urban II, in Rome. He requested for Christian knights to help him fight the Turks. Pope Urban II did agree to his appeal although Byzantine Emperors and Roman Popes were longtime rivals. He also did agree with Alexus I, in fearing that the Turks were expanding. Pope Urban encouraged French and German Bishops and Nobles to also take part in this. “ An accused race has violently invaded the lands of those Christians and had depopulated them by pillage and fire.” This is when Pope Urban II called for a crusade to free the Holy Land. Urban did agree to this having some of his own motives in mind. He was hoping his power would grow in ...
During the autumn of 1095, Pope Urban II gave an inspiring speech to Christians of Rome, which inspired the beginning of the crusades the following year. The Crusades were a movement of Christians against Muslims into the holy land. This is detailed in the beginning of God’s Battalions; Rodney Stark argues that the Crusades were not an attempt by the Christians to convert Muslims and argues that the acts of war committed by both religions are not a cause of strife in modern times.
It’s 1095, and the Seljuk Turks, a Muslim empire, have control of the Holy City of Jerusalem. Not only that, but they are terrorizing Christians that wish to pilgrimage to where Jesus Christ had lived. The Byzantine Empire, home of the Eastern Christians, start to fear the worst. Their Emperor, Emperor Alexius, calls for help in the West where Pope Urban II is leader. Urban makes a speech to his people, explaining how they must take back the Holy Land, for their brethren, and for their Lord. So the crusaders left, driven by religious devotion.
His refusal to change his mind on the subhect is what eventually led Emperor Leo to force him out of office. His replacement, of course, was an Iconoclast named Anastasius. Seeking help, Germanus made an appeal to the West, which was accepted by Pope Gregory II. Even after Pope Gregory II’s death, his successor Pope Gregory III continued to support Germanus. As a Way to punish the West for their support, Emperor Leo took away land that was under the control of the Pope, which made tensions between the East and the West stronger. John of Damascus, came to the defense of idols, and was responsible for writing three treaties in its defense. He claimed that since God became visible in the incarnation, that it was no longer idolatry because they were not representing the invisible God. He also claimed that the feelings of unworthiness towards idols and images would eventually spread to the matter of Christ. Eventually Constantine’s mother Irene with the help of Pope Hadrian, won over the member of the Council and they ruled that icons have a legitimate role in worship, but this victory was short lived because Emperor Leo II
In 1053, Pope Leo IX made an unorthodox decision to personally lead a papal army against Norman forces in southern Italy. The two sides met at the Battle of Civitate where the Norman army decisively defeated the papal forces and subsequently captured the pope. In a letter the next year, Leo IX explained to the Byzantine emperor, Constantine Monomachos, why he felt the need to employ violence despite being a vicar of God on earth. He wrote that the Normans—who were themselves Catholic—embodied “an impiety that was more than pagan” by destroying churches and killing other Christians. Because of these and other transgressions, Leo IX justified his use of violence as a means of saving “Christ’s sheep.” A little over a century and a half later in 1207, Pope Innocent III wrote a letter to the archbishops of southern France lamenting the murder of his legate, Peter of Castelnau, who had been tasked with rooting out the Cathar heresy in the southern French region of Languedoc. Near the end of the letter, Innocent III wrote that all those who took up arms against the Cathars in Languedoc would receive “an indulgence of the remission of sins from God and his vicar.” By doing this, Innocent III started the Albigensian Crusade and initiated one of the most comprehensive cultural cleansings in medieval European
During this time, there was a struggle for power between the Pope and the Emperor, and the supposed just crusade against heretics was a convenient excuse for Pope Innocent to war against political enemies. “Although deeply entangled with the notion of heresy, the Albengensian Crusade was at heart a crusade of conquest, firmly linked to political ambitions and territorial concerns” (pg. 47). Once the crusading had taken its toll, many of those in positions of authority had been killed, and those who filled those seats were committed to finding and reforming heretics. This event combined with the Treaty of Paris in 1229 set the stage for the beginning of heretic
The Greek God Hercules is a legendary hero whose story has been retold in many ways, and each time his Greek archetype is modified or changed completely. Hercules the Myth is an innocent archetype seeking loyalty from the gods and village people, while in the movie Hercules starts out as an orphan and seeks a place where he belongs. Though there are many different depictions of Hercules, he will still be a hero.
Perhaps no other event was as influential to the rise of papacy in Rome as the decline of the Roman empire. With the decline of the empire, the church became the last refuge of stability. Without the protection of the empire, Rome was subject to poverty, disrepair, and attack from enemies.1 The rise of the papacy was a response to this situation. It was further cemented by the leadership of such men as Leo I and Gregory I, the latter sometimes referred to as the father of the medieval papacy.2 Finally, the granting of lands and authority to the bishop of Rome greatly increased the power of the Roman church.3