The purpose of the Pastoral Programme at Douai Abbey is to offer a variety of spiritual and educational opportunities for those interested in lifelong personal development in the areas of theology, ministry and spirituality.

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Saturday November 13, 09.45 Dayschool at Douai Abbey

The Papacy: The bishops of Rome from Peter to the Middle Ages. Abbot Geoffrey Scott OSB MA PhD FRHistS Four Lectures Pope St Peter to the Carolingians, 9th century The Ottonian Emperors and the Papacy, 10th-11th centuries The reforms of Pope Gregory VII and his successors, 11th-12th centuries The prestige of the Papacy under Pope Innocent III. The Fourth Lateran Council. Topics studied will include the origins of the papacy from the time of the early church, the importance of Christian Rome in Western Europe, the development of papal primacy, the relationship of the popes with the emperors, the political influence of papal Rome in the Italian peninsula, the development of papal dimplomacy and canon law, the contribution of the caesar-popes papal support for the crusades. The history of the popes will be studied up to, and including, the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215.

Fee £60.00 (with lunch - to be booked before Nov 6), £50.00 (without lunch) Booking only at Weekend Programme Office, OUDCE, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JA

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