Your question is too vague to really answer. However, the pope has always controlled the Catholic Church.
The Roman Catholic Church.
Old Roman Catholic Church in Europe was created in 2000.
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Corrupted by PowerThe Roman catholic church was the most powerful church in the whole of Europe at that point lol
APEX: The Islamic Empire directly governed the people it controlled, but the Roman Catholic Church relied only on its influence with rulers.
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The Roman catholic church during the middle ages in Europe can best be described as a church that was a stable influence. This was during a time where central governments were weaker.
Roman Catholic Answer:To the best of my knowledge, the only country in Europe which broke away, as a Country, from the Catholic church, was England. I believe that Spain is still nominally Roman Catholic.
In most of Europe, most of the land was controlled by the monarchs and the nobility. A lot of land was controlled by the Church, and I have read that in England the amount was upwards of 30%, an amount I find very easy to believe. In central Italy, the land was nearly all controlled by the Church.
The Catholic Church was the only church in the Middle Ages and the pope ruled the church and monarchies of Europe.
The Roman Catholic Church became the largest landholder in Europe through its old Roman territories in central Italy. The old territories later became Papal states in late antiquity through gifting.
he stole cows from the roman catholic church