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This 6 page paper discuses papal primacy, papal power and the papal monarchy. Several issues and events are included, such as: the two phases of early Christianity, the spread of Christianity and the need for structure and unity, the Church's clerical hierarchy, the origins of papal primacy, how the papal monarchy was established, the investiture conflict, the founding of the Cluny monastery, which strictly adhered to the Benedictine Rule and the schism between the Eastern and Roman churches. Charlemagne's influence as well as the influence of specific popes are discussed. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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