Popes and Kings / Crusades

Name two of the pope’s responsibilities as leader of the Christian Church.

Why do you think people feared the pope’s ability to excommunicate them?

What event caused a permanent split in the church?

How did Pope Gregory respond to Henry IV’s attempt to remove him from power?

excommunicate

• their power was inherited from their fathers

• powerful spiritual leaders

• to cast out from the church

Pope Gregory VII

• Holy Roman Emperor in 1073

• excommunicated Emperor Henry IV

• state that existed with the pope’s approval

Henry IV

• Holy Roman Emperor in 1073

• their power was inherited from their fathers

• excommunicated Emperor Henry IV

Roman Catholic Church

• . powerful spiritual leaders

• . state that existed with the pope’s approval

• led by a pope

kings

• their power was inherited from their fathers

• powerful spiritual leaders

• state that existed with the pope’s approval

Holy Roman Empire

• to cast out from the church

• state that existed with the pope’s approval

• led by a pope