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In the Early Middle Ages, the most powerful office in the Church was pope.
After the Great Schism, the pope was the most powerful leader in the Roman Catholic Church, in the West, and the Patriarch of Constantinople was the most powerful in the Eastern Orthodox Church, in the East.
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∙ 9y agoTheoretically, the pope answers only to God. However, in reality, the pope comes under great pressure from certain groups within the Roman Curia and from some political leaders from around the world. Dealing with the political leaders is frequently much easier than dealing with the 'in house' pressure. Within the curia are ultra progressives as well as ultra conservatives and the pope must find some middle ground to follow while still staying faithful to the doctrines of the Church.
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The most powerful social institution of Galileo's time was the?
Catholic church or Church
Who was the most powerful person in the English church?
GOD
What was the catholic church doing wrong in the 1500s?
Corrupted by PowerThe Roman catholic church was the most powerful church in the whole of Europe at that point lol
What was the most powerful social institution of Galileo's time?
It was the church.
What organization was the most powerful during the middle ages?
church?
Who is the most powerful person in the catholic church?
The Holy Trinity!
What time period was the Catholic Church the most powerful?
The most powerful what? The Catholic Church, being the Mystical Body of Christ (see Acts 9:1-5, and 1 Cor 12:12-14) has been the most powerful institution on the earth since the day that Our Blessed Lord founded it, and send the Holy Spirit to guide it. However, if you are asking when it was most powerful numerically, or politically, or in some other fashion, then you need to ask a specific question.
What was the dominant church in the middle ages?
In all of Europe before the eleventh century, the Roman Church was most powerful. In 1056, the Great Schism, which had been coming to a head for hundreds of years, split the Church into the Roman Catholic Church, in the West, and the Eastern Orthodox Church, in the East, and each of these was most powerful in its own sphere.
Did most enlightenment thinkers support a powerful church?
I'm guessing that they supported religious freedom.
How powerful was the catholic church before the reformation?
Very powerful. The Catholic Church was the dominant influence on western civilization.
What was the western European city during the early middle ages the highest and the most powerful authority?
The catholic church.
Was the church powerful in the reinassance?
Yes.
