No, the Church was led by Popes and bishops, and it opposed the Rabbis.
The Roman Catholic church survived the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The Orthodox Church survived the fall of the Byzantine Empire.
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The Western Roman Empire.
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It was only the western part of the Roman Empire which fell under the weight of the invasions by the Germanic peoples. The eastern part of the Roman Empire was not affected by these invasions and continued to exist for nearly another 1,000 years. Historians have coined the term Byzantine Empire to indicate the eastern part of the Roman Empire after the fall of the western part. In the Late Empire, Christianity developed two main churches; the Latin or Western Church and the Greek or Eastern Church. Later the former came to be called Catholic Church and the latter Orthodox Church. In the west the Catholic Church was interested in preserving their versions of Christianity, rather than the traditions of the Roman Empire, which had became deat letter.
The Roman Catholic church survived the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The Orthodox Church survived the fall of the Byzantine Empire.
The Catholic Church in the West and the Orthodox Church in the East
When the western Roman Empire collapsed' the Christian church preserved some of its culture in its teaching .
There were two main form of Christianity in the Roman Empire. The Latin or Western Church was the main form in the western part of the empire and the Greek or Eastern Church was the main form in the eastern part. Later these two churches came to be called Catholic and Orthodox respectively. Therefore, what later came to be called Catholicism was the form of Christianity practiced in the western part of the Roman Empire.
There were two main form of Christianity in the Roman Empire. The Latin or Western Church was the main form in the western part of the empire and the Greek or Eastern Church was the main form in the eastern part. Later these two churches came to be called Catholic and Orthodox respectively. Therefore, what later came to be called Catholicism was the form of Christianity practiced in the western part of the Roman Empire.
Simply, the Roman Empire divided into the Western Roman Empire (based in Rome) and the Easter Roman Empire (based in Constantinople). Once the western empire fell, the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches diverged and evolved in isolation. The full history is significantly more complex, but that is the answer in a nut-shell.
Perhaps you are referring to the Western Catholic Church in the Roman Empire and the Eastern Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire.
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The Western Roman Empire.
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