Lecture 11/4/09

Wednesday's lecture was really interesting historically. Before this class I was not very familiar with the history of Charlemagne or the role he played in shaping church history. The way that he brought Christianity forward as the main religion during the time is significant. As a result it seems many people were calling themselves "Christians" when in all reality they weren't believers. There was also a huge power struggle between church and state during this time period and the role Charlegmagne play in that was significant as well. We also watched a video - the Martin Luther video that covered this history on Cortez and the bringing of the Gospel to the America's and the role Cortez and these other Europeans played in advancing the Gospel (both good and bad).