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Some churches are incredibly wealthy, while other denominations struggle to fulfil their mission. Among the wealthiest are some evangelical churches, most notably including televangelists who live lives of extreme luxury, and the Roman Catholic Church. Real estimates of the Catholic Church's wealth are virtually impossible because of its secrecy. It has vast landholdings around the world, substantial share portfolios and priceless art collections.
If these wealthy churches ever chose to divest some small part of their wealth in order to assist the poor, it would be easily possible to do so.
Wealth is when your are not poor, but very rich
its called "80,20" 80% own 20% of the wealth and 20% own 80% of the wealth
the problems of wealth maximization is the minimumization of wealth minimumization...ask me no more thats final......,
Everyone loves wealth, wealth kills true love
Wealth of natural resourses
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It made the Church dependent on individual monarchs.
the desire to eliminate wealth and corruption from the church
The medieval church added to its wealth by collecting a tithe, or tax.
if you were a priest in the church then you wouldn't get paid very much.
The beggars in front of the church in "The Pearl" represent the disparity between the wealth and poverty in the community. They also highlight the theme of social injustice and the harsh realities faced by the marginalized members of society, contrasting with the ostentatious display of wealth inside the church.
the pope's wealth
Many old noble families were so wealthy that their influence rivaled that of the monarch. The Church controlled great wealth also.
Byzantine art icons expressed the new visual language of the church. The artists used gold backgrounds to show the wealth of the bishops. This statement glorified the wealth of the church and many Byzantine churches were famous for the wealth of their art.
To convert natives to Christianity and wealth
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the "Mormon" church) does not release it's financial information to the public except where legally required by law, so the exact wealth of the church is unknown. However it is most definitely not the wealthiest religious organization in the world. It's membership is much to small and new to compete financially with huge religious bodies such as the Catholic Church.
Wycliffe believed that the state had a responsibility to correct the Church if the Church had been corrupted. He also believed the Church should use its wealth to feed the poor and needy. Last, Wycliffe taught that the Eucharist was symbolic of the blood and body of Christ Ð this went against the Church teaching of transubstantiation.