Traded with other nations
The clergy members had better education, church services were more attractive, and Catholicism spread throughout the world
Type your answer here... No, clergy is actually all members of a church, not the church itself.
The clergy of the Catholic Church consists of the Bishops, the priests, and the deacons: all ordained clergy.
Yes, there are both clergy and laity in the Orthodox Church.
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The clergy, the nobility, and the peasants.
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Those who are not members of the clergy. These are members of the church with different duties.
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The laity
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Before the Renaissance, the literacy rate in Europe was generally low, with estimates suggesting that only about 5-10% of the population was literate. The ability to read and write was mostly limited to the clergy, nobility, and some wealthy merchants.