The seat of power of the Catholic Church is the Vatican. This is a very small area in the centre of Rome (which comprises the Basilica of St Peter's, several buildings and a big garden) and is an independent city-state.
each person living in Rome had to give one tenth of their money to the Roman Catholic Church
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None, since the Roman Empire fell apart in about 400 AD and the Middle Ages started over 500 years later. The Church faced numerous problems during the fall of the Roman Empire, which eventually led to the Western Church (now the Roman Catholic Church) and the Eastern Church (now the Greek Orthodox Church) to split and excommunicate the other. During the Middle Ages, the Church became very influential with the royal and noble households and had practically untouchable political and economic power.
First let's get our terms straight. There is no such thing as the Roman Catholic Church. It is the Catholic Church. The adjective "Roman" probably came about because the Catholic Church's headquarters are in Vatican City which is in the city of Rome. In the days of the Roman empire, there was no "church" as we know it, the religion was simply Christianity. Christianity was spread throughout the Roman empire due to the good roads and peaceful conditions. Remember that Christianity was conceived and spread during the Pax Romana.Roman Catholic AnswerIf you are asking about the Holy Roman Empire: from Pocket Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J., Doubleday c 1980, 1985The old Roman Empire was divided into Eastern and Western parts by Arcadius and Honorius in 395. The Eastern empire ceased to exist when Constantinople was taken by the Turks, in 1453. The Western empire dismembered, the last emperor being deposed in 476. The Holy Roman Empire begin in 800 with the attempted restoration by the Papacy of the Roman empire in the West, effected by the coronation of Charlemagne by Pope Leo III. . . . Pope John XII crowed Otto I, king of Germany, as emperor in 962, and henceforth the kingdoms of Germany and Italy remained united until the 16th century. . . .Though of tremendous importance in the development of Europe, the theory of the Holy Roman Empire, as the temporal protector of the church with the kings of the earth ruling as vicegerents of the emperor was never much more than a theory. It was not holy and was in frequent collision with the Church; it was not Roman but Teutonic, having its chief power beyond the borders of the old Empire; and it has hardly an empire after the death of Frederick Barbarossa in 1190.
The Roman Empire persecuted the Catholic church. When the Roman empire began it's downfall, the Catholic church began to gain more and more power. When the Roman empire finally fell, the Catholic church was the most powerful figure around. Many people seeked help from the church. Monks and Nuns educated the children and poor, hungry people were fed. Just a little clarification. During the Roman empire there was no such thing as the Catholic Church. The religion was simply Christianity. Although initially there were many sects of Christianity, they finally united. It was not until the Protestant Revolt begun by Martin Luther that the denominations of Christianity came into existence, Catholic being one of them.
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Because the Roman Catholic church had too much power and was doing things that they werent supposed to do.
each person living in Rome had to give one tenth of their money to the Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic AnswerThe only "power" that the Church has is that of her Blessed Lord. As it is His teachings that she proclaims, it is His power that she uses to uphold them.
Roman Catholic AnswerThe only "power" that the Church has is that of her Blessed Lord. As it is His teachings that she proclaims, it is His power that she uses to uphold them.
The Thirty Years' War brought about decline in power of the Catholic Church, decline in feudalism, decline in power of the Holy Roman Empire, and the rise in the Swedish Empire and Bourbon Dynasty.
He did not establish the Roman Catholic Church. He established the Church of England. He wanted to be both head of state and of the Church. The pope, the head of the Catholic church had a lot of power and influence, and he wanted that power Also, he wanted a annulment of his marriage that the pope wouldn't give him. So he made a new church.
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The Holy Roman Empire wasn't actually an empire it was the Roman Catholic Church(I'm not 100% positive I'm correct on the answer I'm about to give you) Leaders in Italy wanted to bring back the Roman Empire in the form of the Catholic Church and they never really achieved the unity and power of the English and French due to the fact they were Protestant (i.e Christian, Baptist, Methodist etc.) and they didn't have much of a way to enforce anything. I'm about 80% sure that's the answer I haven't looked at European history in a while.
It's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church. . The French revolution was extremely hostile to the Catholic Church. They guillotined priests, nuns, and sisters by the hundreds, desecrated Churches, and destroyed priceless relics