TTC【双语字幕版】：西方文明的基础（S01E33：加洛林文艺复兴）

Inspirations for Carolingian Activity

1. The Bible
2. The Christian Roman Empire
3. The Fathers of the Church

The Seven Liberal Arts

1. Grammar: The basic study of the Latin language
2. Logic: Right reasoning
3. Rhetoric: Beautiful speech, the careful study of language
4. Astronomy: The study of the heavens
5. Arithmetic: simple reckoning
6. Geometry: "Measuring the earth"
7. Music: The technical study of music

• Trivium ("three ways"): Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric
• Quadrivium ("four ways"): Astronomy, Arithmetic, Geometry, Music

Carolingian Goals

Enhancing the intellectual quality of the clergy so as to make them better preachers, better teachers.

• Pastoral Rule (ca. 590); Pope Gregory I
• "Ministerial Kingship"
• "Secular Sanctity"

Carolingian Theological Questions:

1. The meaning of the sacrament of baptism
2. The great problem of predestination
3. Debates over the question of religious art