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The Catholic Church: Changes and Complaints (Changes Affecting the Church,…
The Catholic Church: Changes and Complaints
Changes Affecting the Church
Exploration
Exploration forced them to reexamine their place in
the vast world
Trade lead to wealth for other cities
Thought to be center of a small, compact world
Humanism
Believe human intellect was a powerful thing
In the new advancements people looked back on Greek times
Swept across Europe
Vocabulary
Humanism-Belief that human intellect was powerful
Disruption of Class System
With trade a new group emerged
Had been comprised of three classes
These people gained wealth and power
vocabulary
Clergy
Complaints Affecting the Church
Clerical Corruption
High taxes by bishop for pope
Popes often lived like kings than spiritual leaders
Many clergy became corrupt
Vocabulary
cardinal-A leading dignitary of the Catholic church
bishopric-Office or rank of a bishop
Simony-Buying or selling ecclesiastical privleges
Bishop-A senior member of the Christian clergy
temporal power-Power of a bishop or cleric
Nepotism-People of power giving family members jobs
Indulgences
Churches kept the money for their own benefit
Only popes could give forgiveness but they took the money
Had to pay for forgiveness
Problems with Popes
Took peoples money to help them
took advantage of the people
Had more power than most kings