Dr. Neiman recounts the personal histories of two significant popes whose policies defined the church in its first millennium. (56 min.)
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Early Christian Communities
Early History of Rome
Establishment of the Church
Barbarian Invasions
Bishop of Rome
Ambassador to Constantinople
Election of Gregory I
Gregory as Pope
Anti-Judaism
The Palermo Problem
Papal Bull
Leo III
Empire of the Franks
Leo’s Predicament
The Holy Roman Empire
Charlemagne and the Jews
The Babylonian Talmud