Before the reformation the abuses of the Catholic Church were: # Simony # Absenteeism # Nepotism # Pluralism # Tithe # Indulgences Now the Church's controversy is about sexual abuses, the lack of women as priests and homosexuality in the clergy.
Sorry, abuses in the Church did NOT lead to criticism. Abuses in individuals' lives led them to criticize the Church's call to reform their lives and lead moral and upright lives. Every single one of the "reformers" disagree with Jesus Christ's insistence that His followers "repent and believe in the Gospel." So, instead of repenting they turned and tried to find fault with His infallible Church.
the Protestants' separation from the Catholic Church.
Roman Catholic AnswerThe Church never sold anything to replace penance. There were some abuses connected with indulgences issued for donations to help repair St. Peter's in Rome, in the sixteenth century, and the indulgences replaced penance, but the Church has never offered them for sale, and due to the abuses, indulgences are now never offered for alms.
The Catholic Church was the only church in the Middle Ages and the pope ruled the church and monarchies of Europe.
There are many religions in Portugal but the most dominate one is Roman Catholic
It is when The Roman Catholic Church and The Eastern Orthodox Church had The Great Schism, in which The Roman Catholic Church broke off The Orthodox Church.
The catholic church still teaches transubstantiation.
The Roman Catholic Church (precisely, against its abuses).
the Protestants' separation from the Catholic Church.
Well, to start off with, there is no "Roman Catholic Church." 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. . Secondly, the Catholic Church is just about twenty centuries old at this point, and in all those centuries, as the Catholic Church is composed entirely of sinners, saving Our Blessed Lord, and His Mother, there have been many abuses over the centuries, and they always seem to lead to criticisms, which in, and of, itself is a sin as bad as the abuses, in many cases. . Therefore to give an adequate answer to your question, you are going to have to narrow it down to a particular century or part of a century, and perhaps a continent, so as to receive a meaningful answer. I get the feeling that you are not looking for a complete explanation of the Donatist heresy in the early fourth century, but you might be. There are whole volumes written about each "abuse" and each "criticism", so you are going to have to be a whole lot more precise with your question.
There is no "Roman" Catholic Church: Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is rarely used by the Catholic Church. The Chaldean Catholic Church is part of the Catholic Church.
The Roman Catholic Church is a type of Christian Church.
You would use the phrase Roman Catholic Church as a noun, because it's a name. For example, "The Roman Catholic Church is headquarted in Vatacin City" or "John is a member of the Roman Catholic Church". Tip: there is no Roman Catholic Church. It is the Catholic Church.
No, there is no Saint Corinne, nor for that matter is there a "Roman Catholic Church". 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.
False. The Council of Trent was convened for the very purpose of responding to the doctrines of the Protestants and to reform the legitimate abuses in Church practice that had crept into the Church.
the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church
Mary is our mother in the Roman Catholic Church.
The Roman Catholic Church was modernized by Vatican II.