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Everyone was Catholic in the middle ages.MoreAlmost everyone was Catholic. There were some Jews, Muslims, pagans, Oriental Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Celtic Christians, members of a small variety of heretic groups, and probably a few others. There were also other things to say about the Church aside from how many people were in it and who they were.We don't have room for a full discussion here, so there is a link below to an article on it.
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Protestantism arose after the Middle Ages ended. There were dissidents in the Church of the Middle Ages, including Lollards and Hussites, along with such heretical groups as the Albigensians and Waldensians, but they were not actually Protestant, strictly speaking. They anticipated Protestantism, but were of sufficiently different natures to be considered not the same. There is a link below to an article on the history of Protestantism.
No institution had complete control over the lives of people of the Middle Ages. I know there are a lot of people who would like to answer that the Catholic Church did, but a look at the history of the time shows that the Catholic Church was subject to interference from hostile kings and emperors, internal divisions, and even powerful heretical groups that occasionally controlled whole territories. At the beginning of the Middle Ages, most of Europe was pagan, and before the pagans were converted, the Catholic Church had already broken up into the Roman Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox. This is not to say the Church had no power. It was very powerful. But it did not have anything even close to complete control.
They were a mixture of Puritans and Separatists. These groups were Protestant Christians that were opposed to the Anglican state church of England.
Unfortunately, the Church has little control over the name Catholic and it is hijacked all the time by groups that are NOT in union with Rome and, therefore, not truly Catholic. A few examples: The American Catholic Church, The American Charismatic Catholic Church, the Polish National Catholic Church. Calling oneself something does not make it so.
Everyone was Catholic in the middle ages.MoreAlmost everyone was Catholic. There were some Jews, Muslims, pagans, Oriental Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Celtic Christians, members of a small variety of heretic groups, and probably a few others. There were also other things to say about the Church aside from how many people were in it and who they were.We don't have room for a full discussion here, so there is a link below to an article on it.
Protestants
There were no religious resistance groups that fought against the Nazis. Leaders of most major religions not directly targeted by the Nazis were actually pro-Nazi, such as the Catholic Church and numerous Imams and Muftis in the Middle East and the Balkans. The Orthodox Church opposed the Nazis in principle (since they had defeated Greece and attacked Russia), but did not advocate resistance to the Nazis and did not defend the minorities attacked in the Holocaust. The resistance groups that did organize were nationalists, socialists, and partisans in any given occupied area.
The schism in the Christian Church (A.D. 1054) brought about two groups - the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church in the East.
Roman Catholic AnswerThere are many groups in the Catholic Church, from various groups of administration in the Vatican called the Curia, various colleges, and groups of religious who have their headquarters in Rome. From Rome downward the Church is divided into dioceses which are grouped by nation and province. Thus there are national groups of bishops, and provincial groups of bishops under an archbishop. Dioceses are divided into parishes which are grouped into Deanerys. In individual parishes there are many groups: the choir, educational groups, charitable groups, prayer groups, study groups, etc.
The catholic priests, nobles, lower classes and radicals.
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The clergy of the Catholic Church consists of the Bishops, the priests, and the deacons: all ordained clergy.
Protestantism arose after the Middle Ages ended. There were dissidents in the Church of the Middle Ages, including Lollards and Hussites, along with such heretical groups as the Albigensians and Waldensians, but they were not actually Protestant, strictly speaking. They anticipated Protestantism, but were of sufficiently different natures to be considered not the same. There is a link below to an article on the history of Protestantism.
George McCauley has written: 'The God of the group' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Church group work, Methodology, Sacraments, Small groups, Theology 'Night Air Dancing' 'Sacraments for secular man' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Sacraments 'Am I still a Catholic?' -- subject(s): Apologetic works, Catholic Church
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