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title: 'A Crisis in the Middle Ages'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'James Clement Moffat'
date: 1889-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Ancient and Medieval Church History'
- 'Church-State Relations'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 13'
- 'Matthew 16'
- 'Acts 15'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/moffat-1889-a-crisis-in-the-middle-ages
---

# A Crisis in the Middle Ages

Survey of the 10th–12th-century church crisis: papal corruption, Gregory VII’s clash with Henry IV, and Urban II’s call leading to the First Crusade. Outlines ensuing intellectual and devotional renewal.

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