A History of The Christian Church. Season 3 Episode 4 (Part 32) Gregory the Great -Shepherd of a Collapsing World.
About this episode
This episode discusses Gregory the Great's role as bishop of Rome during the chaotic end of the sixth century and the onset of the Dark Ages.
Send us Fan Mail When Gregory the Great became bishop of Rome at the end of the sixth century, the Western world was pretty much in ruins and standing on the edge of an era that would become known as the Dark Ages. The Roman Empire in the West had collapsed. Cities were crumbling. Plagues swept through the population. Invasions came not in isolation, but in waves. Civil authority was weak, unreliable, and sometimes absent altogether. and into that chaos stepped Gregory. He never sought power....
People in this episode
Host: Jeremy
Topics covered
- Christian Church history
- Gregory the Great
- Dark Ages
- collapse of the Roman Empire
- plagues
- civil authority
Keywords
- Gregory the Great
- Christian Church
- Dark Ages
- Roman Empire
- plagues
- civil authority
- history
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Organizations: Roman Empire
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