A Source Book for Ancient Church History - Mirrors

673they glorified Him, neither adding nor subtracting anything; andwe anathematize with heart and mouth those whom they anathematized;and those whom they received we receive, glorifyingGod the Father without beginning, and his only begotten Son,begotten of the Father before the world began, and the HolyGhost proceeding ineffably from the Father and the Son, as thoseholy Apostles, prophets, and doctors have declared whom wehave mentioned above. And we all who with Theodore havemade an exposition of the Catholic faith have subscribed hereto.[615]Chapter III. The Foundation Of The EcclesiasticalInstitutions Of The Middle AgesIn the period between the conversion of the Franks and the riseof the dynasty of Charles Martel, or the period comprising thesixth and seventh centuries, the foundation was laid for thoseecclesiastical institutions which are peculiar to the Middle Ages,and found in the mediæval Church their full embodiment. Inthe Church the Latin element was still more or less dominant,and society was only slowly transformed by the Germanic elements.In the adjustment of Roman institutions to the newpolitical conditions in which Germanic factors were dominant,the Germanic and the Roman elements are accordingly foundin constantly varying proportions. In the case of the diocesanand parochial organization, only very slowly could the Churchin the West attain that complete organization which had longsince been established in the East, and here Roman ideas wereprofoundly modified by Germanic legal principles (§ 101). Butat the same time the Church's body of teaching and methods ofmoral training were made clearly intelligible and more applicableto the new conditions of Christian life. The teaching of Augustine