Question

what was the role of the church in Europe during the middle age ?what impact did the reformation have on a its role?

Answer 1

During the high Middle Ages, the Roman Catholic Church became organized into an elaborate hierarchy with the pope as the head in western Europe. He establish supreme power. Many innovations took place in the creative arts during the high Middle Ages.                                                                                           The impacts are :

1. It disarmed the ecclesial meritocracy that suppressed the common man.

2. It reclaimed a biblical idea of the pastorate.

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Answer 2

Answer:

The Reformation became the basis for the founding of Protestantism, one of the three major branches of Christianity. The Reformation led to the reformulation of certain basic tenets of Christian belief and resulted in the division of Western Christendom between Roman Catholicism and the new Protestant traditions.