Loading…

Tabletalk Magazine, July 2008: The 8th Century is unavailable, but you can change that!

The July 2008 issue of Tabletalk focuses on the eighth century. While by no means intended to provide a complete history of this century, this issue of Tabletalk aims to present several of its highlights by exploring its historical, theological, and practical ramifications. Contributors include R. C. Sproul, Howard Q. Davis, Bill Haynes, Susan Hunt, Henry Krabbendam, Robert Letham, Keith A....

Many of Charlemagne’s church advisors saw the wide extent of his kingdom as a re-creation of the Roman Empire in the West. This led to Charlemagne being recognized as “emperor of the Romans” in the year 800. On Christmas day that year, while Charlemagne was kneeling at the altar in Saint Peter’s Church in Rome, receiving communion, pope Leo III produced a crown and placed it on Charlemagne’s head. So was born the “Holy Roman Empire.” Leo’s crowning of Charlemagne signified that he was not simply
Page 13
Buy this book at Logos.com