I guess it depends on which church ;)
The Renaissance was a period in history in which the arts flourished. The church was an institution which supported music in society.
The Catholic Church a religious institution, as such it is the opposite of a secular institution. It's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church.
Catholic church or Church
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Because the LDS church has REALLY good schools
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It was the church.
THe Black Church
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Roman institutions eventually collapsed. The institution which survived and grew stronger was the Latin Church, which later came to be called the Roman Catholic Church.
The Catholic Church was the richest institution in the country and the largest land owner.