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Was now the only legitimate christian emperor left. as he grew in power, developed a stand-offish relationship with the ruler of constantinople. >> that really is the start of the schism between the orthodox church and the catholic church. >> in the two centuries after charlemagne and pope leo iii unite western europe under the papacy of rome, the eastern part of the empire breaks off and begins to call itself the greek orthodox church under the patriarch of constantinople. >> the word catholic ...

After a series of invasions and bloody clashes, the barbarians overthrow the last emperor of rome. the eternal city, once home to 2 million people, is reduced to less than 30,000. once the political and spiritual center of the empire, rome is now almost abandoned and stays that way for nearly 200 years. >> rome in the 6th century was muddier and messier and perhaps less efficiently governed than if it had been in the time of constantine. >> rome is not a good place to live. its very dangerous. t...

Constantine commissioned spectacular building projects in christs name throughout the empire. among the most famous of them, the church of the holy speepulce in jerusalem. >> its one of the holiest places in christiandom. the slab on the floor is the place they say jesus was buried. >> but almost as soon as christians were free from roman persecution, they begin fighting with each other. >> the biggest problem was doctrine. in some peoples eyes, jesus was born of a woman, he cant be divine. ther...

>> this is the big one. for the first time, a roman emperor decided to ally with the church. that meant the whole of the known world was at the disposal of the church. >> as constantine moves christianity from outlaw to exalted, church and state become intertwined. >> he saw in christianity a way to unite the empire. a new ideology that would give everybody the same god, the same moral values. >> constantine, by legalizing christianity, opened up a space where the bishop of rome could become a p...

Somebody to be over that. >> christians were trying to sep up an organized community, so people would recognize who the members oh of that church were. a model of the roman army. >> bishop of means the most senior church in that particular city. >> because rome is the capital and the center of the empire, the bishop of rome becomes the leader of the other bishops. a position that will eventually become known as pope. the 200 years after peters crucifixion, bishops and their followers continued t...

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