Eamon Duffy's Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes is available in the Frohring Library and as ebook at the following link: https://jculibrary.on.worldcat.org/courseReserves/course/id/15677868
All other readings are available on Moodle
September
Week 1
T Course Intro: History and the History of the Church
- Joseph H. Lynch and Phillip C. Adamo, The Medieval Church: A Brief History, pp. 12-18 ("Ancient Christianity")
TH The Early Christian Community, Peter, and Paul
- Paula Fredriksen, When Christians Were Jews: The First Generation, Ch. 1: "Up to Jerusalem", pp. 14-23
- Bart Ehrman, Peter, Paul and Mary Magdalene: The Followers of Jesus in History and Legend, pp. 179-192
Week 2
T The Life and Rituals of the Early Christians I
- Thomas O'Loughlin, The Didache: A Window on the Earliest Christians, pp. xiii-xvii (Intro); pp.28-45 ("Choosing a Way")
TH The Life and Rituals of the Early Christians II
- Thomas O'Loughlin, The Didache: A Window on the Earliest Christians, pp. 46-56; 63-65 ("Joining the Group");
pp. 85; 99-104 ("Meeting and Eating"); 105-117; 125-126 ("A Network of Service")
F 15 September Make Up Day for Nov. 23
The Roman Empire and The Anti-Christian Persecutions
- Bart D. Ehrman, The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World, pp. 178-206 (“Christians Under Assault:
Persecution, Martyrdom, and Self-Defense”)
- The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas: https://www.ssfp.org/pdf/The_Martyrdom_of_Saints_Perpetua_and_Felicitas.pdf
Week 3
T Emperor Constantine's Conversion to Christianity
- Bart D. Ehrman, The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World, pp. 13-31 (“The Beginning of the End: The
Conversion of Constantine”)
- The Life of Constantine, Chapters 27 through 31, pp. 739-742: http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/03d/1819-1893,_Schaff._Philip,_3_Vol_01_Eusebius_Pamphilius,_EN.pdf
TH Shaping Roman “Orthodoxy”
- Eamon Duffy, Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes, pp. 13-23 (“The Bishops of Rome”); pp. 37-47 (“The Birth of Papal Rome”)
- Bart Ehrman, Lost Christianities: the Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew, pp. 135-143; 151-157 (“On the Road to Nicaea: The Broad Swath of Proto-orthodox Christianity”)
Week 4
T The Christian Roman Empire and the Church
- Charles Odhal, Constantine and the Christian Empire, pp. 269-280
- Codex Theodosianus: Internet History Sourcebooks: Medieval Sourcebook (fordham.edu)
- Apostolic succession: Internet History Sourcebooks: Medieval Sourcebook (fordham.edu)
- Valentinian's Decree on Papal Power: Internet History Sourcebooks: Medieval Sourcebook (fordham.edu)
TH Christianizing Rome: From Pagan Temples to Christian Basilicas
- Maya Maskarinec, City of Saints: Rebuilding Rome in the Early Middle Ages, selections
- Peter Brown, Through The Eye of A Needle: Wealth, The Fall of Rome, and The Making of Christianity in The West, pp. 31-52 ("The Social Profile of the Latin Church, 312-ca. 370")
October
Week 5
T The Fall of Rome and the Birth of Papal Power
- Eamon Duffy, Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes, pp. 48-59 (“Under Gothic Kings”)
- Pope Gelasius I: Letter to Emperor Anastasius “On the Two Powers”: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/gelasius1.asp
TH Pope Gregory The Great and the Expansion of the Church
- Joseph H. Lynch and Phillip C. Adamo, The Medieval Church: A Brief History, pp. 37-50 (“Beginnings of the Medieval Church”);
pp. 66-67 (“The Roman Missionaries to the Anglo-Saxons”)
- Gregory’s Letter to Abbot Mellitus: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/greg1-mellitus.txt
Week 6
T Pope Gregory the Great, Benedict of Norcia, and Monasticism
- Gregory The Great, Dialogues, Book II, Chapters: 2, 4, 7, 14, 34, 36: https://www.osb.org/gen/greg/
- Benedict of Norcia, Rule for the Monks, Chapters: 1, 2, 6, 8, 22, 30, https://www.solesmes.com/sites/default/files/upload/pdf/rule_of_st_benedict.pdf
TH How The Papal State Was Born: The Popes, the Franks, and the Byzantines
- Noble, The Republic of St. Peter, ch. 1 (Moodle)
- The Donation of Constantine: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/donatconst.asp
Week 7
T The Church in the Carolingian World
- Margaret Deanesly, A History of the Medieval Church, Ch. 4
- Foundation Charter of the Abbey of Cluny: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/chart-cluny.asp
TH 19 October Midterm Exam
Week 8
T Church Reform and the Investiture Controversy
- Blumenthal, The Investiture Controversy, pp. 87-128 (Moodle)
- Gregory VII, Lay Investitures Forbidden: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/g7-reform2.asp
- Gregory VII, The Dictates of the Pope: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/g7-dictpap.asp
T The First Crusade and the Peace Movements
- Peace of God: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/pc-of-god.asp
- Truce of God: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/t-of-god.asp
- Pope Urban II Call for the Crusade: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/urban2-fulcher.asp
Week 9
T The Knights Templar
- Helen Nicholson, The Knights Templar, Chapters 1 and 2 (Moodle)
- Bernard of Clairvaux on the Knights Templar: (Prologue, Chapters 1 and 5): https://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/344bern2.html
November
TH The Papacy and Medieval Society
- John Moore, Pope Innocent III (Moodle)
- The Fourth Lateran Council (Canons: 21, 67, 68, 69, 70): https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/basis/lateran4.asp
Week 10
T From the Avignonese Captivity of the Popes to the Renaissance Papacy
- Deanesly, A History of the Medieval Church, Chapters XIV "The Avignon Popes" and XIX "The Renaissance" (Moodle)
TH Pope Sixtus IV, Conspiracies, and the Making of the Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel
- Poliziano, The Pazzi Conspiracy (Moodle)
Week 11
T Reforms and the Post-Tridentine Church
- Eamon Duffy, Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes, pp. 196-208 ("The Crisis of Christendom"), and pp. 208-230 ("The Counter-
Reformation")
- The Counter-Reformation: How did the Catholic Church Reinvent Itself? (thecollector.com)
TH The Roman Inquisition, Giordano Bruno, and Galileo Galilei
- Introduction to the topic: https://depts.washington.edu/hrome/Authors/pev42/BrunoandGalileoinRome/pub_zbarticle_view_printable.html
- The “Crime” of Galileo: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1630galileo.asp
Week 12
T From the Age of Absolutism to the First Vatican Council, and Pope Leo XIII
- Eamon Duffy, Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes, pp. 286-305 (“Pio Nono”); 305-318 (“Ultramontanism: Leo XIII”)
- The Rerum Novarum Encyclical letter (only parts 1 to 10): http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html
Paper Due on Nov. 22
TH Nov 23 No Class
Week 13
T From The Age of Intransigence to The Second Vatican Council
- Eamon Duffy, Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes, pp. 354-369 (“The Age of Vatican II”)
- Declarations on Religious Freedom by Pope Paul VI: https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/declaration-on-religious-freedom-1537
TH The Self and Christian Society: The Spread of Catholic Movements, and Contemplative vs Active Practices
- Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island (Moodle)
December
Week 14
T Pope John Paul II and Global Politics
- Eamon Duffy, Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes, pp. 369-385 (“Papa Wojtyla”)
- Pope John Paul II, by Paul Vallely: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pope-john-paul-ii-bad-for-the-church-but-good-for-the-world-529655.html
TH From Pope Benedict XVI to Pope Francis: What Future for the Catholic Church?
- Eamon Duffy, Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes, pp. 406-432 (“Crisis and Resignation”, and “A Pope for the Poor”)
- Pope Francis encyclical “Praise be to you: on care for our common home” (selected passages as indicated by the instructor): http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html
Final Exam