2007-12-15 07:47:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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but as it did then it still does
implodes from within
2007-12-15 07:50:16 · answer #1 · answered by hghostinme 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, the Empire was dissolved by Napoleon. If you look at its history, it didn't get along very well with the Vatican at all. For instance, soldiers of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V sacked rome and held the Pope hostage.
'Holy Roman Empire' is a misnomer. It wasn't holy (no major sacred sites), it wasn't Roman (mostly in what is now Germany) and it wasn't an empire (made up of autonomous feuding principalities).
2007-12-15 15:52:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No.
The Holy Roman Empire was a union of medieval states in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period from about 800 C.E. to 1806 C.E.
The Catholic Church is the church established by Jesus Christ in about 33 C.E. and still lives and proclaims the Kingdom of God today.
With love in Christ
2007-12-15 21:39:50 · answer #3 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
since the pope spent a large chunk of the early sixteenth century as a prisoner of the holy roman emperor i think your attempt to equate the papacy with the holy roman empire is bizarre to say the least.
"george w bush has just been captured by the president of america!"
that makes sense to you - but not to anybody that knows anything.
2007-12-15 15:52:15 · answer #4 · answered by synopsis 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Their was never anything holy about the roman empire. The romans had more gods than orville has popcorn.
2007-12-15 16:01:21 · answer #5 · answered by J R 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Um, no. The HRE was a political entity. It existed separate from the Pope.
2007-12-15 16:08:25 · answer #6 · answered by Nightwind 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the vatican is the last surviving department of the roman imperial government. the hre was charlemagne grasping at legitimacy.
2007-12-15 15:56:03 · answer #7 · answered by bad tim 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋