How did the Catholic Church run social life during the Middle Ages?

Answer 1

They made men fear for their organs, their members, or their reproductive glands!

The Malleus Maleficarum - Part 1, Question IX

"Whether witches may work some prestidigatory illusion so that the male organ appears to be entirely removed and separate from the body.

Here is declared the truth about diabolic operations with regard to the male organ.....therefore they can also truly and actually remove men's members."

No, I didn't make this up, and yes, it's something they forgot to tell you in church.

Answer 2

During the high Middle Ages, the Roman Catholic Church became organized into an elaborate hierarchy with the pope as the head in western Europe. He establish supreme power. Many innovations took place in the creative arts during the high Middle Ages. Literacy was no longer merely requirement among the clergy. New readings were addressed to a newly literate public that had both the time and the knowledge to enjoy the work.


The late Middle Ages were characterized by conflict. Towns and cities began to grow in alarming numbers; the new towns wanted to have their own self-control. They wanted to be free of outside leadership. One result of this struggle was the intensification of political and social thinking.


In the late medieval period, there was a ugre for the direct experience with God, whether through private, interior ecstasy or mystical illumination. Christ and the apostles presented an image of radical simplicity, and using the life of Christ as a model to be imitated, individuals began to organized themselves into apostolic communities. There was a growing sense of religion and a need to be with Christ and his followers.


During the Middle Ages, the Church was a major part of everyday life. The Church served to give people spiritual guidance and it served as their government as well. Now, in the 20th century, the church's role has diminished. It no longer has the power that it used to have. Television has become more powerful than the church. The church still plays an important role in my life. I attend mass on every Sunday, and I uphold the morals and values that the Catholic church promotes today.

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