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The Roman Catholic Church had a great source of power and influence in the past. The Roman Catholic Church have the same amount of power and influence present today. Its power and influence today is greater than it was in the past, but that may also be in different ways then what it once held.
1. It owned land.
The Roman Catholic Church owned many large areas of farmland. People who grew crops on this land had to give one tenth of everything they grew to the
Roman Catholic Church. This was called the Tithe. This was a lot of crops for many poor people to lose.
2. It controlled people's beliefs.
The Roman Catholic Church told people that when they died, their souls lived on either in Heaven or in Hell. Hell, they said, was a place of great pain and suffering. The people were understandably frightened of going there. So, the Roman Catholic Church gave them hope. It said that after you die your soul
goes first to a place called Purgatory, where it would stay until any sins had been burnt away. The Papacy has recently stated that purgatory never existed,
and apologized for its mistake.
3. It was rich.
As you can imagine. People wanted to be in purgatory for the shortest possible time. The Roman Catholic Church said that you could shorten your stay in
purgatory if you did several things. These included:
• Attend Church and live a good life
• Go on a pilgrimage
• Monetary Tithes. The Roman Catholic Church also made money through a second form of Tithes in the form of money. In addition to providing a tenth of
any crops made, people were expected to give another tenth out of their income to The Roman Catholic Church.
• Buy a special pardon. These pardons were known as Indulgences. The Indulgences were sold out of special interests for the sake of the papacy, and
indirectly exploited those that bought them out of their money. These indulgences are now invalid since purgatory never existed at all. The Roman Catholic Church made a lot of money this way, as people - especially rich people - tried to buy their way to heaven.
4. It was not controlled by the King.
The Roman Catholic Church was under the Papacy's control and therefore was lead by the Pope. This meant that the King could not tell anyone from the
Roman Catholic Church what to do. Even if a Roman Catholic Churchman committed a crime, they could not be tried by a normal court, but instead were
tried by fellow Roman Catholic Churchmen.
5. Main Answer:
The Papacy of the Roman Catholic Church located in Vatican, Holy See which is located inside Rome, Italy. It is its own country governed by its own laws. It is the world's smallest nation, and occupy's a large portion of modern day Rome of about 600 sq. mi. A fair percent of this is still intact today especially in monetary assets, and in politics of the world as its own foreign power. For example it is a part of the United Nations, and has a high economic value within its small boarders thanks to its followers. Today it is far more powerful then it was in the Middle Ages. Although it is questionable more tamed in its disciplinary methods, and hopefully domesticated in its public practices.
The Roman Catholic Church remains by far the largest denomination in Christianity. It has a well disciplined clerical hierarchy, and demands respect and obedience from its followers. The Vatican, a tiny theological state representing the Roman Catholic Church, provides political and diplomatic power unavailable to other Christian Churches. The immense wealth of the Catholic Church can be used to promote its interests. The Vatican is a government itself. It is a political state of which every Roman Catholic becomes a member at the time of baptism. Their allegiance is to the Vatican of the Roman Catholic Church first, then to the country in which they were born. To this day The Roman Catholic Church has more power than any other singular society publicly known.
Example from History:
The Inquisition: Around 1232 CE, under the Papacy's order, the Roman Catholic Church started a new program. It was a court system called The Inquisition.
This court was staffed with the Roman Catholic Church officials who were supposed to seek out and punish people suspected of not obeying the Roman
Catholic Church.
Heresy is any act or action against the Roman Catholic Church or the Roman Catholic Church beliefs. A heretic is someone who commits an act of heresy.
The Roman Catholic Church officials assigned to the court of Inquisition were assigned the job of tracking down heretics. Once tracked down, if a heretic confessed, they were punished. Punishment was quite severe. Punishment ranged from loss of property, to imprisonment, to death. If a heretic did not confess, they were tortured until they did confess. There was no escape. According to the Roman Catholic Church, these punishments were necessary to save the souls of heretics.
It was an awful time. The court of Inquisition was open to great abuse.
The Power of the Roman Catholic Church: Examples of the power of the Roman Catholic Church includes the flow of wealth, the use of sacraments to
control people and their lives, the use of the Roman Catholic Church councils, the Propaganda value of the religious beggars (friars), and finally, the horrible
cruelty of the Inquisition and the fear it generated.
What else can I help you with?
Why did the Catholic Church lose its power and influence in the Middle Ages?
The Catholic Church lost its power and influence during the Middle Ages due to an increase in the power of kings and queens. People began to shift from being controlled by the Pope to local, regional, and national leaders.
Was most learning lost in the middle ages because of the barbarians?
yes it was.
What happened to Greek thinking about the human mind during the middle ages?
it was lost
In the middle ages the Muslims lost all land exept for what?
Islam begin to spread from Arabia, where it began in the Middle Ages. By the end of the Middle Ages, it had spread through much of Asia and Africa and into Europe. The Muslims lost most of Spain, except for Grenada, but the losses in Spain were very small, compared to the advances they had made elsewhere.
How did the role of the church in society chage as Europe moved into the Renaissance?
The role of the church changed in a number of ways as the Middle Ages ended and the Renaissance progressed. During the Middle Ages the Church worked, with some success, on freeing itself from controls imposed by monarchs. In the Renaissance, the Church in the North of Europe, especially England, was taken over by Protestants and came to be dominated by the states. In England, the Church lost most of its property, the monasteries closed, and the services, such as hospitals and schools, provided by the monasteries had to be provided by the government. During the Middle Ages, there were crusades against heretics, but they were of short duration and were essentially military operations. The accompanying inquisitions were of limited scale. By contrast, the Church of the Renaissance came to try to control individuals far more than it had during the middle ages, with a great increase in the numbers and extent of inquisitions. The result of this was the introduction of witch hunts, which had not existed until about the time the Renaissance began, and attempts to control science, which was almost the reverse of the medieval approach. Where the condemnations of 1210-1277 had the effect of freeing scientists from doctrines imposed by scholars, the Church began to impose itself on such people as Galileo, dictating the meanings of his observations. There are links below.
Who lost power in the Middle Ages?
The nobles of the Middle Ages gave way to the power of the Monarchies as this period of history in Europe was coming to an end.
How did the church lose power during the middle ages?
The Church lost power after the Crusades: especially after the Children's Crusade because it was the madness of all families after the kids escaped, they blamed the Church. yep. that's it. Dang Crusades caused sooo many problems!!
Why did some Christians see the need for church reforms during middle ages?
The original message was being lost in all the religion.
Why did the Catholic Church lose its power and influence in the Middle Ages?
The Catholic Church lost its power and influence during the Middle Ages due to an increase in the power of kings and queens. People began to shift from being controlled by the Pope to local, regional, and national leaders.
Was most learning lost in the middle ages because of the barbarians?
yes it was.
What was the period called when the Roman and the Greece lost their culture?
It was called the Middle Ages.
What happened to Greek thinking about the human mind during the middle ages?
it was lost
In the middle ages the Muslims lost all land exept for what?
Islam begin to spread from Arabia, where it began in the Middle Ages. By the end of the Middle Ages, it had spread through much of Asia and Africa and into Europe. The Muslims lost most of Spain, except for Grenada, but the losses in Spain were very small, compared to the advances they had made elsewhere.
How has the monarchy power changed from the middle ages to now?
In the Early Middle Ages, monarchy was sometimes absolute, meaning the king could do whatever he wanted. Early on, kings were often elected from the ruling clan, a practice that continued in the Holy Roman Empire, and in Scotland for the course of the Middle Ages; in time, monarchies tended to become hereditary. As time passed, kings became not longer absolute rulers, and especially lost some powers relating to Church organization in such developments as the Investiture controversy. Kings also lost more and more power to parliaments. Most monarchies have disappeared altogether. Now, in Europe they exist mostly in Scandinavian countries, the low lands, the UK and Spain. And in those countries, the function of the monarchy is largely ceremonial.
Why did the church lose power during the Renaissance?
because people didn't git killed as often for questioning the masters A.K.A CHURCH Wrong, the church lost power because of the unification of the "new monarchs". It was no longer church over state, as this was a threat to the sovereign power of the monarch. Not only that, but before that an event known as the Great Schism took place and the church lost a lot of reputation then. Then there was the Avignon papacy, which really screwed the church over. That is why the church lost power during the Renaissance.
What were the Middle Ages known for?
The medieval period was most known for the 'knights in shining armour' , the'princesses in distress' and so on. many games were based in this period too. They were also called the 'dark ages' since many book and miterature were lost and destryed following the fall of the roman empire.
How did the church react to the plague?
people lost their faith on church. After pandemic they were nit influenced by church.
