RLG100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Scholastica, Asceticism, Desert Fathers
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Institutional christianity -> corruption, vested interests, compromise deals. Brought small bond of monks (own order) Scholastica twin sister of benedict - nuns, women retired from. Live life of frugality, self sufficiency mainstream society. Can"t li(cid:448)e (cid:449)ithout (cid:271)lessing of chur(cid:272)h -> once blessed become different style of church. Dominic: start as critique, becomes an orthodox order. Monasteries become wealthy: dominicans involved in executing inquisition. Haven for people who did not fit into mainstream. Important for general knowledge: wrote scriptures, study etc. 14th century multiple popes -> don"t hold to standards of (cid:448)irtue. Abuses of institutional christianity: parishes run (cid:271)y priests/(cid:272)lergy don"t parti(cid:272)ipate in community. Collect money - > forward to rome. Poorly educated in doctrines/theology: source of distress, public dissatisfaction. Little access to other ways of practicing faith: few people educated in latin (illiterate), very few have access/ can read. Widespread of superstition: huge number of saints recognized by church, major form of tourism (pilgrimage) to visit shrines.
