how was the roman catholic church corrupt back in the renaissance, middle ages times?

Answer 1

Let me first correct some misunderstandings that some people here have gotten from their sorry public school and liberal college "history" textbooks.

1. Indulgences are NOT a corrupt teaching. The Church has taught from the apostolic times, and does, that the granting of indulgence is both bibical and beneficial and well within the power granted to the Church by Christ. The abuse or corruption of this teaching is what need fixing during the Medieval times. People were told they could buy places in Heaven for their loved ones, which is not true and which is a perversion of the doctrine of indulgences.

2. At least some of the Crusades were necessary. Christendom was a several times on the verge of being overrun by infidels bent on conversion by the sword. Heretics had also seized control of places holy to Jews and Christians.

3. The reason for and the statistics surrounding the Inquisition have been falsely spread by revisionist historians.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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how was the roman catholic church corrupt back in the renaissance, middle ages times?

Answer 4

The same way the church has been in Latin America during the early 20th century. Power corrupts.

In the middle ages, the rule of the Roman Catholic church was absolute. They also limited access to the Bible, insisted that masses be held in Latin and that prayers were to be said only in Latin (there were cultures that would burn a person at the stake for teaching their children prayers in their native language). The result was that by keeping the masses ignorant, a priest could teach its parishoners anything they wanted to teach. If the priest was a good and kind priest, they were fine, but if a person sought leadership in the church for personal gain, the teachings could be interpreted any way they desired.

This is one of the reasons why Martin Luther led the Protestant Reformation when he posted his list on the church door. He realized that the church had strayed from the original teachings of scriptures.

It's also one of the reasons why the Latin Vulgate Bible in the Middle Ages was not considered a reliable manuscript.

Answer 5

Let me count the ways...

1. Corrupt popes. Alessandro VI (Roderigo Borgia) had mistresses and housed his illegitimate children either in or near the Vatican (I can't remember). He also used his children as pawns in his political machinations. In addition, he was quite wealthy, far wealthier than a priest ought to be.

2. The selling of indulgences. An indulgence was a certificate that you could receive after performing some act of devotion, such as going on a pilgrimage. It 'forgave' particular sins and 'entitled' you to fewer years in Hell or Purgatory. The Church sold these to raise money for new cathedrals, etc.

3. The Crusades. Taking the Holy Land back from the infidels was just a convenient excuse. The real motive for the Crusades was to take land for the younger sons of European nobles, since there wasn't enough acreage in Europe to satisfy them all.

I'm sure there are other excesses, but those are the main ones I remember from history class.

Answer 6

Others have it: Selling indulgences, blessings were up for grabs if you donated enough to the Church. The office of the Pope was often open to the highest contributors or those with the most political power. The Inquisition was often used as a tool to bring down rival political families to confiscate their lands and monies. Some convents were turned into brothels for high church officials and more.

Answer 7

They sold indulgences, which were absolutions for sins; the Popes were generally younger sons of wealthy Italian nobles, so there was a lot of political intrigue; it was acceptable for priests to have mistresses and illegitimate children. Because they basically controlled information, the church hierarchy was prone to abuse (absolute power corrupts absolutely).

Answer 8

There was no structure of authority for it to be corrupt against - unless you mean against its own doctrine, or perhaps virtue. Tough times though with society being so underdeveloped... its a bit like asking if how an adult treats a child (but using selected children instead of adults to be adults) is a good example of how adults should treat each other.

Answer 9

Let's see, there was the Inquisition and the sale of indulgences, for starters.
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Answer 10

they spread education constructed universities, and defended parts of europe from the muslim invasion.

the dark ages wern't nearly as dark as the protestant texts would have you believe