Chapter 12

Chapter 12

The later Middle Ages open a stage where man is walking uncertainly and
slowly to discover the world. Not only the physical world, but also who he
is...who is man? Religion always remains ingrained on the minds of the
people regardless of how the Church fares. The Church attempted to reform
the world in the thirteenth century using vindication. That great effort was
lost at the close of that century when the old social dualism creeps back in
the picture. There is no room for social dualism or political conflict
between the Church and state. The culture is an expression of the religion.
Christ is seen as a man as a laborer, the Son of Man and the Son of God who
saved His people, and a figure of the Church as a spirtual humanity,
anointed and enlightened by the Holy Spirit.