There is no such thing as "the Christian church".
the christian church.
Church, noble, peasant, serf.
The Roman Catholic Church.
to become a christian and to be devoted to that one relegion that made everybody seem that everything is going to be okay in the dark ages
The Renaissance was not labeled the "dark ages". Renaissance means "rebrith" and it came AFTER the "dark ages or the middle ages."
the christian church.
Sadly, the church in the Dark Ages sat on God's written words and kept them from the average worshipper. The church had great power and authority then, but shunned higher educational pursuits and reveled in priestly authority.
Jesus started the first church. All Christians came from the Catholic Church until Constantine says he changed the Sabbath. The came the Dark Ages when the church was divided.
The dark ages.
Church, noble, peasant, serf.
Illiteracy, poverty, and land grabs by rich "lords" ruined the economy and plunged Europe into the Dark Ages.
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The Uniting Church is based on Christian protestant churches that have completely split from the original doctrines of Roman Catholicism. It is a very liberal church that has broken free from traditional ceremonies and liturgy. The Roman Catholic church is the original Christian church to survive the dark ages. It relies heavily on ritual and ceremony, with some use of the original Latin liturgies.
Greek orthodox church officials
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At the beginning of the Dark Ages, or Early Middle Ages, the areas of Europe that were Christian were those that had been in the Roman Empire. By the end of the Middle Ages, nearly all of Europe was Christian.
They went in homes and secretly prayed