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the 15th century, a span of nearly 1,000 years, though the dates mentioned are those customarily used to define the period. At this time, the church, and specifically the Roman
Catholic Church, was the dominant institution in Europe. This paper discusses its role in the Middle Ages. Discussion Although the Middle Ages begins with the fall of Rome, it
is Rome nevertheless that spreads Christianity throughout the known world (Knox, 1999). The Romans were pagans until Emperor Theodosius I, made Christianity the official state religion (Knox, 1999). In addition,
the "barbarians" who attacked the Empire were Christians, not pagans, the result of the work of St. Ulfilas who converted the German tribes during the "time of Constantius (337-361) (Knox,
1999). The "Successor Kingdoms," those that followed the Roman Empire, were therefore Christian kingdoms, and Roman Catholicism "spread slowly through western Europe" for the next two centuries (Knox, 1999). The
British Isles were converted to Christianity and "the Franks remained loyal," and other faiths died out in the West, leaving Rome dominant in matters of religion (Knox, 1999). In
the seventh century, "Islam spread across the Near East, North Africa, and Spain. At the same time, the Muslims took over the sea lanes of the Mediterranean" (Knox, 1999). The
result was that the West lost contact with Egypt and the Holy Land, except for some sporadic trade (Knox, 1999). The rise of Islam "drove another deep wedge between West
and East" (Knox, 1999). In the eighth century, a controversy over the use of icons in the churches capped off a long list of differences between the Eastern and Western
churches, and the "pope and patriarch excommunicated one another" tacitly admitting that there were now "two churches in the old Roman world: the Roman Catholic, and the Greek Orthodox" (Knox,
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