The Catholic Church- Changes and Complaints

Changes affecting the Church

Humanism

Exploration

Humanism was a powerful force for change and improvement

Thought it was a small world

The explorations of the explorers made Europeans rethink about the place they were living

trading made them a bigger, wealthier city

Vocabulary

Humanism

Disruption of class system

They greatly influenced the power structure of society

Increase in trade made another class

Three separate classes

Vocabulary

Clergy

Influenced by Greek and Roman philosiphers

Complaints against the Church

Clerical Corruption

Problems with popes

Indulgences

Many bishops held more than one office

People were also upset by the high taxes charged by the bishops to support the Pope and his projects

many of the clergy had become corrupt as noble families paid for bishoprics and then demanded that their interests be served

Vocabulary

Bishop

Cardinals

Bishopric

Temporal Power

Simony

Nepotism

Vocabulary

Papal Schism

Impeached

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From 1378-1417, two popes claimed leadership of the Church.