What do the medieval clergymen do?

Answer 1

. There were, and still are, two different kinds of clergy, and their jobs are very different.

The secular clergy are the deacons, priests, and bishops. They tend to the spiritual needs of secular people, administering sacraments, giving spiritual guidance, and leading or saying prayers as the need arises.

The regular clergy are those who subject themselves to the regulation of monastic orders. They live and work according to the rules of the orders, and do many different things. The medieval work they are perhaps best remembered for was transcribing books, especially Bibles. But during the Middle Ages, they also performed music for the Church services, grew medicinal herbs, prepared medicine, tended the sick, ran hospitals, ran inns for pilgrims, guarded pilgrims on the road, fought in the crusades, and operated a system rather like international banks. Some cooked, others did laundry, and yet others tended monastic gardens. Some wrote music, and others wrote books on philosophy. More than a few of them invented new technologies. Monks of the Carthusian monastery in Artois, France invented the artesian well. Roger Bacon was a monk who worked on developing the scientific method. Aside from these things, and a few others like them, they lived simple lives of prayer and contemplation

Answer 2

Clerics are members of the clergy; thus deacons, priests, or bishops. In the Middle Ages, this included anyone who had received First Tonsure, thus anyone tonsured, plus porters, lectors, acolytes, and subdeacons in addition to deacons, priests, and bishops.

The clergy were responsible for the Church, primarily for assisting at Liturgical services, although they were not bound to the Divine Office until subdeacon; everybody assisted at Mass, usually daily. In addition, during the Middle Ages, clerics were likely to be the only ones in a community who were educated, thus they were responsible for any education that was given to the youth, as well as handling all record keeping, legal matters, etc.

Answer 3

The same duties as the clergy now do. maintain the Chuch

Answer 4

The job of the parish priest has not changed much since the Middle Ages. The priest baptized babies, heard confession, said Mass, gave unction to the sick, buried the dead, and so on.

Answer 5

Back then, Religion was a part of everything in life

(ceremonies, markets, mass, festival. etc)

Oh and the church had strict punishments :(