WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -During the Middle Ages, anyone who opposed the fundamental Christian teachings was regarded as a heretic. For example, if a person did not believe that Christ was both man and God, he was an undoubted heretic. Of course, only Christians could be heretics, not people of other religions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Heretics were religious groups whose beliefs did not wholly conform with the medieval Church’s doctrines. While the groups themselves ranged in beliefs, their commonality was their rejection of and peresecution by the Church. Many of the groups still thought of themselves as Christians despite the Church’s rejection.

Detailed explanation-3: -Two of the main heretics in the High Middle Ages were Henry the Monk and Peter of Bruis. These two people lived as begging wandering preachers, who even opposed Christian symbols. Slowly, many heretic beliefs and doctrines formed, and people started following them.

Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following individuals would have been considered a heretic during the Middle Ages? someone who preaches his/her beliefs about religion that are contrary to church teachings. How did the Reconquista affect Spanish Jews and Muslims?

Detailed explanation-5: -Heresy in Christianity denotes the formal denial or doubt of a core doctrine of the Christian faith as defined by one or more of the Christian churches.

Detailed explanation-6: -in what ways did Christians begin to challenge the church in the late Middle Ages? they felt that clergy focused more on $ and land than God, and began to preach their own ideas about religion. why do you think there were church officials interested in finding heretics?