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During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, some popes, bishops, and priests were corrupt and some were not. That changed for the most part with the Counter Reformation. Although the Catholic Church did not adopt Calvin's Institutes, the leaders of the council made the reforms he demanded in that book. That ended the overt corruption. Corruption will remain in any organization with human leadership.
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Catholic AnswerThe Catholic church is the Mystical Body of Christ. It is His church, it is His Body, He is the head, we are the members. By its very definition, it can not be corrupt. However, as with the parable of the weeds and the tares, God has decreed that the evil ones are to be left to be judged by Him, and by Him alone, so that there are evil and corrupt people in the church all through the ages. Nevertheless, this does not affect its holiness or purity, as that is guaranteed by Jesus who said, "Behold, I shall be with you until the end of time."
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AnswerAs an establishment it cannot be corrupt, the same is true of government. However many of the people that were members of the church were corrupt. As is still true today.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoPractically everyone who had an ax to grind against the Church, particularly those who revolted in the 16th century, the "protestant reformers" who thought that because there were sinful people in the Church, they should start their own. Why anyone thought that a man-made Church would be less sinful than one instituted by God is beyond me.
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∙ 13y agoAnglican Catholic Church!
The Church in England, being the Catholic Church, the Body of Christ here on earth, can never be corrupt! As with all Churches the membership perhaps sometimes fall from grace and when you ask your question I presume you are referring to the Reformation Church in England?
Collier, who was a Catholic, non-juring bishop, in his history gives the Church a pretty good record and I feel that the Church from that time suffers unduly through partisan spirit on behalf of her enemies! Certainly the Monasteries do not support the criticism thrown at them or the Bishops and clergy. In fact my own impression is that the Church was highly thought of, it was in later years when our enemies both Roman and protestant tried to prove their case!
Roman Catholic Answer"It is impossible that scandals should not come: but woe to him through whom they come." Luke 17:1
"In the world you shall have distress: but have confidence, I have overcome the world." John 16:33
Of course people mind that the Church is corrupt! Should they mind? Did Jesus mind? I submit that Jesus knew very well that His church was to be composed exculsively of sinners, and that it would necessarily be Church: given A, then B follows. If we are to be Christians, if we are to follow Jesus Christ in His footsteps, we must keep our eyes fixed on Him; only looking at our neighbor, our fellow sinner in the Church, to see how we can help him.
From The Latin Mass - the Journal of Catholic Culture and Tradition, Vol 19, No. 3 excerpt from an article, Our Spiritual Response to Scandals and Abuses, by Peter A. Kwasniewski
"As a Dominican theologian put it with characteristic force: "Let us be clear, of course, that the people who are really welcome to the Catholic Church are the murderers, rapists, torturers, sadistic child-molesters and those who evict old people from their homes - it is for loving, welcoming, and forgiving such members that the Church exists." (Herbert McCabe, O.P., "Ash Wednesday," in God Matters {New York: Mowbray, 1987}, 243. Naturally, I do not endorse everything McCabe says, but he does have a way of putting certain truths rather bluntly, which I find helpful.) If this assertion shocks us, we ought to pause and ask why. The phenomenon of creeping self-righteousness is once again on the horizon; indeed , it never really goes away. It defined the Pharisees at the time of our Lord's earthly ministry; it defines contemporary American culture. Deep down, in spite of our differences, we are all judges looking for justice; we carry around a formidable array of stones ready to be hurled. Down deeper still, we are all sinners who thoroughly deserve condemnation. ... And deepest down, we are forgiven by the merciful Lord if we place our trust entirely in Him. That is what makes us Christians - not our righteousness over against sinners, a false boast at best; not our own enormous guilt, which is really there and has to be faced somehow; but our being love and forgiven. Jesus alone can give us the strength to face evils and overcome them. From a Lenten sermon to John Paul II and the Roman Curia, Father Rainero Cantalamess put it this way: If Christ loved the Church, in spite of the iniquities she [that is, her members] would commit, pretending to overlook them, who are we to see in the weaknesses and miseries of the church a reason not to love her and even to judge her? Precisely we, who are so full of sin? Do we not think that Jesus knew the sins of the Church better than us? Did he not know who he was dying for? Did he not know that among his disciples, one was betraying him, another denying him, and all fleeing? But he loved this real Church, not the imaginary and ideal one. He died "to make her holy and immaculate," not because she was already holy and immaculate. To Luther, who reproached him for remaining in the Catholic Church despite her "corruption," Erasmus of Rotterdam replied one day: "I endure this Church in the hope that she will improve, given that she also has to endure me in the hope that I will improve." We must all ask Christ for forgiveness for so many inconsiderate judgments and so many offense to his bride, and consequently, to him. The affirmation in the Letter to the Ephesians contains an implicit question: "Christ loved the Church; do you? (For the text, see Zenit ZE03040401, April 4, 2003) . . . but look at Jesus. For thirty years He chose to remain an unknown carpenter who did not attack the corruption of the Jewish leaders; He did not rush to begin the work of salvation for which the universe had been groaning in bondage, age after age. In His three years of public ministry, though He taught at length, yet as often as not He remained silent; and in the dramatic culmination of His redeeming work He spoke not a word, but suffered in silence.
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Who started the Protestant Reformation by objecting to the corrupt practices of the Catholic Church?
Martin Luther
How did the Catholic church raise money in the 1500s?
During the 1500's the Catholic Church was corrupt and used its money that it made from selling indulgences, like Pope Leo X, to be spent on extravagant building projects, like St. Peter's Basilica.Roman Catholic AnswerThe same things it has always done with its money, feed the poor, help people attain salvation, etc. One of the ways in which the Church has always done the later is the building of Churches. As for the Catholic Church being corrupt, the Catholic Church is composed exclusively of sinners, and yes, many of them have been corrupt. But sinners is who Jesus sent us to save. The Church, itself, is the Mystical Body of Christ, and, thus, can not be corrupt. Remember, as well, that the Catholic Church embraces the whole world, and the vast majority of "its money" is used on the local level. To make sweeping generalizations, as above, is historically ignorant, and prejudicial.
What did the Catholic Church not change in the Reformation?
The Church did not change any of its doctrines during the Reformation. It did change, or attempt to change, some of the corrupt practices and behaviors that had crept into the Church over the years.
What was the Catholic Church like before Martin Luther?
The Catholic Church was highly corrupt prior to Martin Luther denouncing their activities. They would sell pardons for the dead in Heaven and gather up huge sums of money unethically.
What political reasons led King Henry VIII to split with the catholic church?
1) The treasuries of England during Henry's reign were severly depleted and the Catholic Church held much wealth - idols, illuminated books, tapestries, paintings, etc. - which Henry could seize and add to his own coffers. 2) Henry the VIII was a socialist. The Catholic Church was very corrupt in the 14th century, and there was a lot of unnecessary superstition connected with the church. Henry (and in fact Anne Boleyn) both opposed the corrupt, superstitous and ritualistic practices of the Catholic Church, and wanted to "free" the English people from the oppression. Through forming the Church of England, Henry diverted much of the Catholic Church's funds to other uses, such as education and public health.
Why do you think people who left the Catholic Church called themselves Protestants?
The people were protesting some corrupt practices in the Catholic Church.
Protestants wanted to reform the catholic church in the 16th century because they believed the church was to?
corrupt.
Who started the Protestant Reformation by objecting to the corrupt practices of the Catholic Church?
Martin Luther
What was wrong with the Catholic church's in 1500?
The Catholic Church had become corrupt unfourtantely and priests and even the pope over used their power. They did such things as charged money for absolution.
Why did puritans reject the catholic church?
Puritans rejected the Catholic Church because they believed it was corrupt, emphasizing simplicity in religious practice and governance. They sought to purify the Church of England from what they perceived as remnants of Catholicism.
What religion was Nicolas Copernicus?
Nicolas Copernicus was roman catholic......even though he didnt believe in everything the church said due to the fact that the catholic church at that time was very corrupt
Who started the Reformation and why?
Martin Luther, a German monk because he felt the Catholic church was very corrupt.
How did the Catholic church raise money in the 1500s?
During the 1500's the Catholic Church was corrupt and used its money that it made from selling indulgences, like Pope Leo X, to be spent on extravagant building projects, like St. Peter's Basilica.Roman Catholic AnswerThe same things it has always done with its money, feed the poor, help people attain salvation, etc. One of the ways in which the Church has always done the later is the building of Churches. As for the Catholic Church being corrupt, the Catholic Church is composed exclusively of sinners, and yes, many of them have been corrupt. But sinners is who Jesus sent us to save. The Church, itself, is the Mystical Body of Christ, and, thus, can not be corrupt. Remember, as well, that the Catholic Church embraces the whole world, and the vast majority of "its money" is used on the local level. To make sweeping generalizations, as above, is historically ignorant, and prejudicial.
What practice was corrupt in the Catholic church during the Renaissance?
During the Renaissance, the Catholic Church was involved in corrupt practices such as the sale of indulgences. Indulgences were essentially a way for people to pay for the forgiveness of their sins, leading to accusations of exploitation and misuse of power within the Church.
What did the Catholic Church not change in the Reformation?
The Church did not change any of its doctrines during the Reformation. It did change, or attempt to change, some of the corrupt practices and behaviors that had crept into the Church over the years.
Did not martin Luther want to marry a nun which is why he started his protest?
No: he protested how the Catholic Church was at the time...buying indulgences for sin, and the fact that the Catholic church was was very corrupt at the time. He did not reallly want to leave the Catholic Church, but was more or less forced out, because he could not along with a lot of the corruption.
Who changed religion and was banished from church?
Martin Luther. He started the Protestant Reformation by going up against the Pope and declaring the church to be corrupt. It was after Luther's time that the church split into Catholic and Protestant.
