You can put in as much or as little as you want. That is up to you. People give what they can afford. For special collections, they may give more. Some people can afford more or are more generous and some can't afford to give much. Give what you can.
While they don't say it, 5% of your gain should be given to the church and another 5% to other charities of your choice.
Roman Catholic AnswerHenry VIII did not break with the Catholic Church for money.
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You are thinking of Indulgences. They have been sold during a few different periods when the Catholic Church wanted money.
Just after the Prayer of the Faithful, the collection is taken. Usually a basket or a plate or a bag is passed around and money is put into it by those who want to. The collection is often to support the parish, but often there are special collections for particular charities or organisations that have a connection to the Catholic church. Not all masses have collections and in some masses there may be more than one collection.
The Catholic Church regulated interest charged by pawn shops, but was never in the money lending business.
It's entirely up to you. Normally the money that you donate will either go to the upkeep of the church or perhaps a charity or community program that the church supports. You are not obliged to, however
The Catholic Church is not in the business of making money, nor has it ever been in the business of making money. The Catholic Church exists on the contributions of faithful Catholics, she uses that money to build and keep up facilities as needed, and to pay the salaries of people whom she employs. Anything over that is used for charity. The Catholic Church has been the biggest distributor of charity and education consistently for the past 2,000 years.
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During the 1500's the Catholic Church was corrupt and used its money that it made from selling indulgences, like Pope Leo X, to be spent on extravagant building projects, like St. Peter's Basilica.Roman Catholic AnswerThe same things it has always done with its money, feed the poor, help people attain salvation, etc. One of the ways in which the Church has always done the later is the building of Churches. As for the Catholic Church being corrupt, the Catholic Church is composed exclusively of sinners, and yes, many of them have been corrupt. But sinners is who Jesus sent us to save. The Church, itself, is the Mystical Body of Christ, and, thus, can not be corrupt. Remember, as well, that the Catholic Church embraces the whole world, and the vast majority of "its money" is used on the local level. To make sweeping generalizations, as above, is historically ignorant, and prejudicial.
Back during the time of Martin Luther and the reformation, Luther pointed out the fact that the church was making money off of guarantees of forgiveness, and were asking money to 'forgive the dead' and allow them to go to heaven.
A collection plate, or collecting plate.