What was the significance of the conflict between Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII?

Answer 1

Henry wanted the right to name new bishops in his kingdom. Gregory stated that only the pope could elevate bishops. It became known as the Lay Investiture Controversy.

Answer 2

It was because when the kings chose church officials as their vassals, it gave them hope 2 keep their power on the same level as the German nobles. When Pope Gregory VII wanted to practice lay investiture, the kings power woudn't be the same as it was before.

Answer 3

Investiture Controversy - Henry felt that he, as emperor, had the right to appoint any bishops in his kingdom. Gregory insisted that only the pope could appoint them.

Answer 4

Roman Catholic AnswerThe issue was lay investiture, where the Emperor was filling the vacant sees of Bishops. Pope Gregory VII removed this power, when Henry refused to go along with him, Pope Gregory excommunicated him and all the bishops that he appointed it. However, Henry immediately submitted so the Holy Father had to reinstate him and give him penance.

Answer 5

The Investiture Controversy was a long standing feud between medieval Kings and the Popes of that time. The Kings maintained that they alone had the right to appoint Churchmen such as bishops and abbots, and the Pope telling them that they could not. The investiture controversy began as a power struggle between Pope Gregory VII (1072–85) and Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1056–1106). In 1075, Pope Gregory VII composed the Dictatus Papae. One clause asserted that the deposal of an emperor was under the sole power of the pope.[5] It declared that the Roman church was founded by God alone – that the papal power (the auctoritas of Pope Gelasius) was the sole universal power; in particular, a council held in the Lateran Palace from 24 to 28 February the same year decreed that the pope alone could appoint or depose churchmen or move them from see to see. (from Wikipedia)

Answer 6

who gets to appoint church officials.

Answer 7

Henry wanted the right to name new bishops in his kingdom. Gregory stated that only the pope could elevate bishops. It became known as the Lay Investiture Controversy.

Answer 8

Kings thought that they should have the right to appoint bishops within their kingdoms but the pope said that the right was reserved only to the pope.