How many of you really believe that the Catholic Church was the only church during the middle ages?

Answer 1

There were many Catholic and Orthodox Churches during the middle ages. Here are some as they are now:

+ Many Catholic Churches +

In addition to the Latin Rite (Roman) Catholic Church, the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches that are (and were) in full communion with the Pope and are part of the same Universal Church.

Eastern Rite Catholic Churches include:

Alexandrian liturgical tradition
+ Coptic Catholic Church
+ Ethiopic Catholic Church

Antiochian (Antiochene or West-Syrian) liturgical tradition
+ Maronite Church
+ Syrian Catholic Church
+ Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

Armenian liturgical tradition:
+ Armenian Catholic Church

Chaldean or East Syrian liturgical tradition:
+ Chaldean Catholic Church
+ Syro-Malabar Church

Byzantine (Constantinopolitan) liturgical tradition:
+ Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church
+ Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
+ Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church
+ Byzantine Church of the Eparchy of Križevci
+ Greek Byzantine Catholic Church
+ Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
+ Italo-Albanian Catholic Church
+ Macedonian Greek Catholic Church
+ Melkite Greek Catholic Church
+ Romanian Church
+ Russian Byzantine Catholic Church
+ Ruthenian Catholic Church
+ Slovak Greek Catholic Church
+ Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13121a.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic

+ Orthodox Churches +

The Orthodox Churches are even more numerous and complicated than the Catholic Churches.

Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
+ Finnish Orthodox Church
+ Estonian Orthodox Church
+ Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America
+ Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese in the USA
+ Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
+ Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA
+ Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western + Europe
. + Episcopal Vicariate of Great Britain and Ireland
+ Mount Athos
+ Belorussian Council of Orthodox Churches in North America
+ Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
+ Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain
+ Archdiocese in Italy and Malta
+ Archdiocese in Australia
+ 13 other small metropolises outside its canonical territory: Austria, Belgium, Argentina, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, the Korean Orthodox Church, Mexico and Central America, New Zealand, Scandinavia, Spain and Portugal, and Switzerland

Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria
+ African Orthodox groups in Kenya and Uganda

Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch
+ Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
+ Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand, and All Oceania

Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
+ Church of Mount Sinai
+ Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem in North and South America

Russian Orthodox Church
+ Ukrainian Orthodox Church
+ Moldovan Orthodox Church
+ Metropolis of Western Europe
+ Japanese Orthodox Church
+ Belarusian exarchate
+ Estonian exarchate
+ Latvian Orthodox Church
+ Hungarian exarchate
+ Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia

Serbian Orthodox Church
+ Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric
+ Metropolitanate of Zagreb, Ljubljana and All Italy
+ Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral
+ Metropolitanate of Dabar-Bosna
+ Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA and Canada
+ Bishopric in Australia and New Zealand
+ Bishopric in Britain and Scandinavia
+ Bishopric of Buda
+ Bishopric in Central Europe
+ Bishopric in Timişoara
+ Bishopric in Western Europe

Romanian Orthodox Church
+ Metropolis of Bessarabia
+ Metropolis in France, Western and Southern Europe
+ Metropolis in Germany and Central Europe
+ Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America and Canada
+ Romanian Orthodox Bishopric Dacia Felix (in Serbia)

Bulgarian Orthodox Church
+ Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church Diocese of America, Canada and Australia
+ Diocese in Central and Western Europe

Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church
Cypriot Orthodox Church
Church of Greece
Polish Orthodox Church
Albanian Orthodox Church
Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church
Orthodox Church in America
+ Orthodox Church in America Albanian Archdiocese
+ Orthodox Church in America Bulgarian Diocese
+ Romanian Orthodox Episcopate in America
+ Orthodox Church in America Parishes in Australia

Orthodox Churches and communities not in communion with others (Schismatics)
+ Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
+ Bulgarian Alternative Synod
+ Orthodox Church in Italy
+ Macedonian Orthodox Church
+ Montenegrin Orthodox Church
+ Russian Orthodox Church in Exile
+ Russian True Orthodox Church
+ Karamanli Turkish Orthodox Church
+ Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kiev Patriarchate)
+ Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
+ Autonomous Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05230a.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church#Orthodox_churches_.28churches_in_full_communion.29

+ With love in Christ.

Answer 2

The manner in which you've phrased the question is suspect. It seems to equate the Catholic Church with the fantasy word of warriors, wizards, orks, and dragons. <> What do you mean "enchanted"? The term 'enchanted' has a few definitions, NONE of which are in sync with Catholic beliefs: To cast a spell over; bewitch. To attract and delight; entrance Influenced as by charms or incantations Your discription of an "enchanted" Middle Ages makes it seem as if demons and angels are physical beings just like people are. <> The Church has fostered the Fullness of the Truth from the moment of it's earthly conception, to the present, and to the end of time. The Middle Ages are no different in this regard. <<- if someone can help me find this answer over the internet, or tell me directly this answer - I would appreciate it. This is a study question for my midterm from my class. My book did not have a clear answer and I thought I might ask for help.>> I certainly hope the midterm isn't phrasing the question the same way you have.

Answer 3

The catholic church was not the only church during the middle ages.

However, it was the first established christian church....

Orthodox and Catholics separated officially in 1054

Answer 4

I believe that the RCC was the only legally allowed church during the middle ages, but there were always remnant groups from the churches that had challenged the RCC before the dark ages.

Answer 5

Of course the papacy wants everyone to believe that....

in truth there were many under ground Church's during that dark time....those who could read and write hand copied pages of the Bible into the language of the common man and these were smuggled from village to village...hidden....if a person was caught with an unofficial Bible they were usually killed...

the inquisition...

Answer 6

In Western Europe it was pretty much. There were small nonconformist groups (e.g. lollards), and a few groups such as the Cathars who mixed christian ideas with other religious ideas.
Society was very structured, and I think the Catholic church followed the general hierarchical ideas of the time.

Answer 7

It was the only Christian church up to the time of Henry the Eighth.

Answer 8

I believe that people get far to caught up in the small details and miss the big picture.

Answer 9

Not me.

Answer 10

It was,