Bundle of 2 - Middle Ages - Church Controversies and the Great Schism

This is a bundle of two separate power point presentations on The Great Schism of 1054 and the Investiture Controversy that occurred during the Middle Ages. The combined presentation includes 30 slides that are highly animated and editable so you can modify the slides if you need to.

The Great Schism, also known as the East-West Schism, was the event that divided "Chalcedonian" Christianity into Western (Roman) Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. Though normally dated to 1054, when Pope Leo IX and Patriarch Michael I excommunicated each other, the East-West Schism was actually the result of an extended period of estrangement between the two bodies of churches.

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, significant changes took place within the churches of the Germanic successor states, which produced the Investiture Controversy where nobles and anointed kings assumed numerous Christian duties, including the protection and foundation of churches and abbeys, which they had often built and endowed.

Although the canon law declaring that bishops were to be elected by the clergy and people of their future diocese ignored the rule.

Power point #1 on The Great Schism of 1054 contains 16 slides and covers the following:

The Great Schism

Causes of the Schism

Permanent Split

Failed Reconciliation

Origins of the Issues

The Pope’s Power

Political Disunity

Linguistic Barriers

Early Schisms

More Conflict

The Catalyst of the Great Schism (2)

Excommunications

Final Breach

Reconciliation

Pope John Paul II Funeral

End of Presentation

Power point #2 on the Investiture Controversy contains 14 slides and covers the following:

Background

Investiture

“Investing” Ceremony

Interdependence of Rulers

Investiture Authority

Gregorian Reform

Criticisms

Animosity

Investiture Banned

Unpopular Decision

End of Presentation

This is one of several power point bundled presentations that I offer in my store on... the Middle Ages.