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Speaking for the 12th century Church in Anglo-Norman England, the only corrupt practices I have discovered were forcedupon Church officials by the king. These refer to land titles and legal powers granted under earlier kings; where such written records could not be produced, kings such as Henry II and John were in the habit of confiscating lands from the church or removing legal rights.
In one particular instance, a monastery was consumed by a huge fire which destroyed all its written legal documents; the buildings were repaired, but in order to escape having all its lands and rights confiscated by the king the Abbot was forced to forgeall the legal texts (even going so far as to forge the ancient seals attached to those documents). The scribes were hard pressed to remember the detailed and technically complex contents of documents which they could remember only vaguely.
In many cases the Church held lands and rights without ever having a document proving it; in such cases it was common for legal documents to be forged and back-dated. The false nature of such texts is obvious to modern researchers, since they do not use the writing style of the period they are supposed to date from and seals are often of the wrong period.
Although such forgeries could be termed "corrupt", the reasons behind them are entirely genuine and honest. They are symptomatic of the uneasy and volatile relationships between Church and king.
Second Answer
It is a well-documented fact that the medieval Roman Church tortured and killed an estimated 150 million Christians and Jews because they refused to convert (Jews) or refused to follow the doctrine of the Church because it deviated from holy scripture (Christians). The Church banned bibles, taxed the locals, demanded payment for forgiveness of sins, confiscated land, money and other personal property on a whim. If this does not sound like corruption and pure evilness, I don't know what does.
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Corruption in Pakistan?
please give me institutional corruption as per ranking
What humanist wrote about the church corruption during the renaissance?
One humanist who wrote about church corruption during the Renaissance was Desiderius Erasmus. In his work "In Praise of Folly," Erasmus criticized the corruption and abuses within the Catholic Church, including issues such as the sale of indulgences and the worldly lifestyles of clergy members. Erasmus's writings played a role in sparking the Protestant Reformation.
Was any denomination started because of church corruption?
There were probably a few but the biggest one was when Martin Luther and his followers separated from the Catholic Church in the 1500s
Was Henry's plan to take over the church a corruption in disguise?
Catholic AnswerHenry was rather a selfish, self-centered individual who was more concerned with established a dynasty and having a son sit on the throne of England than worried about the Church. There was a great deal of corruption but I don't think anybody bothered to disguise it.
What does the catholic church do about corrupt leaders?
The old testament in the Holy Bible gives the death penalty to sex offenders so if part of the Catholic church didn't even call the police and and have such corruption ended, then they were not following the Bible. It was death penalty through the legal system, never vigilante. Another perspective : This is a tricky question to answer - on the one hand it could be corrupt leaders outside the church or it can be leaders inside the church. In cases involving the leaders of the church, there is a tendency to cover up the matter - in effect do nothing. In cases of leaders outside the church, the church will assist with advice and in in bad cases even possible protests and sermons against such leaders / corruption.
What abuses of the Catholic Church were reformers trying to reform?
The overall corruption of the church was a big concern. The biggest example of the church's corruption was the selling of "indulgences" by the Pope and the Catholic Church.
Give an exmple of sexism?
Boys are better than Girls and Girls are better than Boys.
Corruption in Pakistan?
please give me institutional corruption as per ranking
What humanist wrote about the church corruption during the renaissance?
One humanist who wrote about church corruption during the Renaissance was Desiderius Erasmus. In his work "In Praise of Folly," Erasmus criticized the corruption and abuses within the Catholic Church, including issues such as the sale of indulgences and the worldly lifestyles of clergy members. Erasmus's writings played a role in sparking the Protestant Reformation.
What is a exmple of a mixture?
water
Was Chaucer a Catholic?
Yes, but he did help reveal the corruption in the cathlic church
What problems did Cluniac reforms address?
It addressed corruption in the Christian church.
What are the four religious reasons that led to the Reformation?
Sale of indulgences Church straying from original purpose Corruption in church heirchy Bible in vernacular, not just latin
Can you give me a sentence using the word corruption?
Corruption in the government is a crime against all of us.
Why couldn't Charles V force the Protestant princes back into the Catholic Church even after defeating them in war?
In the area where Charles V ruled as King, the various kings had ended the massive corruption in the Catholic Church a few years before he became king. In Protestant areas, only the Reformation ended the massive corruption in the church. The problems in the Catholic Church allowing the corruption did not end until the Council of Trent. Today they exist but are contrary to church law.
What was the chief reason for the monastic reform movement in the catholic church in the middle ages?
the desire to eliminate wealth and corruption from the church
Why Savonarola criticize the Church?
Because he was a spellbinding preacher of the Dominican order who dedicated his life to reforming the corruption in the Church and society.
