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Lectures in Church History
The Roman Forum Lectures in Church History, 2007-2008 Program
 
 

“Binding the Rhinoceros”
Medieval Catholic Reform and the Taming of Nature(1025--1153)
 

Lecturer:

John Rao, D. Phil., Oxford
Associate Professor of History, St. John's University

 

Date & Time:

All sessions will meet on Sundays, at 2:30 p.m. (see schedule below)
 

Location:

Hall of the Church of St. Joseph
371 Sixth Avenue
*Note the new location!*

Entrance on Washington Place, South of Waverly
Wheelchair Accessible

A, B, C, D, E, F, V trains to West 4th Street

 

Registration:

Wine & Cheese Reception.
Entrance Fee at door of $10.00

 

Schedule:

Autumn-Spring 2007-2008 Schedule

September 16:

Imperial Christianity & National Churches

September 30: Clergy, Laity and the Monastic Explosion
October 7: A Passion for Wider Reform
October 21: St. Leo IX and the Roman Revolution
November 4: Radical Reform, Simony, Celibacy & the East
November 18: Hildebrand, Investiture and the Battle with the Empire
December 2: The Many Fronts of the Reform War
December 16: A Fragile Peace of Church and State
January 20: From Malitia to Militia Christi
February 3:  Islam, the Turks and the Plight of the East
February 17: First Crusade
March 2:       The Crusading States, Byzantium & the West
March 16: Reforming Monks, Mystical Theology & Poetry
March 30:    Canons, Preachers & Cathedral Schools
April 13: The Dialectic Method & its Enemies
April 27:              The “Two Swords” and the “Two Laws”
May 4:       St. Bernard, the Military Orders & the Second Crusade
 
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