Religion S - State of the Church and the World Charlemagne lived essay
Charlemagne achieved many successes in politics and land development, education, military conquests and of course religion. During Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. In his role as a zealous defender of Christianity, Charlemagne gave money and land to the Christian church and protected the popes. Charlemagne, King of the Franks, is often called the father of modern Europe because of his role in uniting Western Europe, implementing education and ecclesiastical reforms, and it appears that Leo and Charlemagne of both parties strongly believed that a core task of a Christian king was to protect and promote the church. Because Pope Leo had been brutally attacked before their meeting, the alliance, which needed protection, was timely, both for the church and for a king who had prioritized the expansion of the Frankish kingdom. The relationship that exists between the church and the state in Zimbabwe predates the nation's independence. People have always been religious, as Mbiti 1998, p. I would say that “African people are notoriously religious.”. Their religiosity is reflected in the way they maintain their relationships, even in national or international relationships. Under Charlemagne, Christianity emerged as both a political concept and a religious concept. Like the Visigoths before him, Charlemagne regarded kingship as a religious office and the kingdom as the Church. In this there was no separation between church and state; they became one entity.