This class relates the difficulties associated with secular popes who had a significant interest in temporal power. Next, it describes reasons for the Avignon Papacy and the role of St. Catherine of Siena in restoring the papacy to Rome. Further, it looks into the Great Western Schism and the time of three popes. The class discusses Humanism and Proto-Protestants whose thought would influence Martin Luther and other Protestants in later centuries. Finally, it examines the role of popes in the Renaissance.
The History of the Church Textbook: pp. 184-85, 202-05, 210-15
The History of the Church Workbook: pp. 124-32
