CHAPTER XVI

ORGANISATION, LIFE, AND INSTITUTIONS OF THE CHURCH, SIXTH TO NINTH CENTURY 347

OUTLINE: I.--Organisation of the papal hierarchy. II.--Moral condition of the clergy and laity. III.--Great activity and wide influence of the Church. IV.--The ordeals and the Church. V.--Church discipline: excommunication and interdict, and penance. VI.--Worship; the mass; preaching; hymns. VII.--The sacraments. VIII.--Relics and saints. IX.--Sources.

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