Where was the head of the church located?

Answer 1

The Head of the Roman Catholic Church in the Middle Ages was the Pope as it still is today, so the seat of power was in the Holy See in Rome. However in the Crusader States like Jerusalem there was a man called the Patriarch who spiritually represented all christian faiths in the holy land.

Answer 2

During the Middle Ages, there were two primary centers of Christianity, Rome and Constantinople, which had been the capitals of the Roman Empire. The main body of the Church was united, more or less, until the Great Schism of 1054, when the Roman Catholic Church remained in Rome, and the Eastern Orthodox Church prevailed in Constantinople.

There were other, smaller, branches of Christianity, such as the Coptic Orthodox Church, and the Oriental Orthodox Church, which were, and still are, independent.

Answer 3

The head of the Roman Catholic Church was the Pope in Rome. After the Great Schism in 1054, the Church was divided, with the eastern half headed by the Patriarch of Constantinople in that city.

There was an additional schism called the Western Schism, from 1378 to 1417, when for political reasons there was one pope in Rome and another in Avignon, France.

Answer 4

Depends on what church you are talking about.