I don't want to answer "off topic" but here is a short history with some highlites of the Church during the Dark and Middles Ages. Dark Age Church History Jesus stated he will establish his church on the rock Cephas, which means s...
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The middle ages was certainly the time when the Catholic church had the most influence over European society. From the decision making of monarchies, to the personal everyday lives of people, the teachings of the church played a significant...
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Bibles were sometimes chained in churches in the Middle Ages for the same reason that telephone books in public booths are chained today, to keep them available for people and so no one would steal them. Despite some lies about this matter ...
http://www.dioceseoflincoln.org/purple/bible/bible2.htm
Every institution and movement in history has drawn its greatest support from the middle class - even Marxists (e.g., Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin, Castro, Mao, Pol Pot, Ho Chi Minh, and Che Guevera were all middle class). The RCC got its s...
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Simply, the Roman Empire divided into the Western Roman Empire (based in Rome) and the Easter Roman Empire (based in Constantinople). Once the western empire fell, the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches diverged and evolved in iso...
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It was the religion and the only religion, so it controlled all.
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It didn't "become" anything. It was the only church/religion in Europe in the middle ages and it set the tone from the rest of society.
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