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The Catholic Church: Changes and Complaints (Questions, Changes Affecting…
The Catholic Church: Changes and Complaints
Changes Affecting the Church
Humanism
Went back to Roman and Greek scholarship
Believed that human intellect was the most important and powerful force
Scholars turned away from past medieval teaching
Vocab
Humanism- a cultural movement that revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought
Disruption of Class System
Increase in trade led to increase in wealth for many low class people
Lower class people became rich and had a bigger say in society than before
Society had been separated into 3 classes
Vocab
Clergy- the body of all people ordained for religious duties in the Christian Church
Exploration
Explorations gave them a whole new light to the world
Trade was stimulated and merchants grew in buisness
Europeans thought there wasn't much more to the known world
Compliants Against the Church
Problems with Popes
Two popes claimed role of the pope
Vocab
Impeach- call into question the validity or integrity
Papal Schism- three men simultaneously claimed to be the true pope
Indulgences
Vocab
Clerical Corruption
Much of the clergy became corrupt after noble families paid them for their agenda
Offices were often given to the highest bidder
Vocab
Simony- the buying or selling of ecclesiastical privileges
Temporal Power- the power of a bishop or cardinal
Cardinals- a leading dignitary of the Roman Catholic Church
Bishopric- office or rank of a bishop
Bishop- senior member of the clergy
Popes and Cardinals lived more like kiings than spiritual leaders
Questions