How did the Roman Catholic Church in Spain gain power?

Answer 1

Roman Catholic AnswerIt is a major mistake to judge the medieval Church by today's standards. The world was a very different place back then with very different stands. They look at things differently and had different priorities. The Church, as Christ's Church only "had" temporal power in that everyone in the government was Catholic and to a certain extent, just as King Henry VIII and Elizabeth I saw opposition to the Church of England as being a traitor to the crown; so the Spanish Kings saw opposition to the Catholic Church as being a traitor to the Spanish Crown. In England, they were protestant in during the late Renaissance, and in Spain they were Catholic, but so were the rulers. You can not judge them by today's standards that have developed in a pluralistic society, there was no such thing back then. The Church, itself, existed only to bring God to the people and vice versa.