1049-1294AD Gregory VII to Boniface VIII: Papal Theocracy in Conflict with the Secular Power


THE PAPAL THEOCRACY IN CONFLICT WITH THE SECULAR POWER
FROM GREGORY VII. TO BONIFACE VIII.
A.D. 1049-1294


Introductory Survey.

The fifth period of general Church history, or the second period of mediaeval Church history, begins with the rise of Hildebrand, 1049, and ends with the elevation of Boniface VIII. to the papal dignity, 1294.

590-1073AD THE MISSIONARY PERIOD from Gregory I to Hildebrand (Gregory VII)

The missionary period from Gregory I. to Hildebrand or Gregory VII., A.D. 590-1073. The conversion of the northern barbarians. The dawn of a new civilization. The origin and progress of Islam. The separation of the West from the East.

70AD Jerusalem the great is fallen, is fallen!

70AD: Jerusalem the great is fallen, is fallen!

Answers to the Old Testament fall of Jericho, Joshua 6

The blowing ot the trumpets for 7 days culminating in the fall of that great city, inaugurating the age of conquest of the Inheritance, the land of promise. Compare with the trumpets in Revelation culminating in the fall of that great city, "Babylon."