ipl-logo

How Did The Roman Catholic Church Change Throughout The Middle Ages

160 Words1 Pages
The Roman Catholic Church has been around before the middle ages. It has hardly changed from its beginning to today. The church has been through a schism like the schism of 1054. It has seen the rise of rivalry churches like the Church of England and the Lutheran Church. The Roman Catholic Church has built churches that took over a hundred years to build. The church is made up of the clergy. It is important to understand the clergy to understand how the church works. “Clergy, a body of ordained ministers in a christian church” (Clergy). The clergy is organized into a hierarchy. At the bottom of the hierarchy is the Laity. The Laity is the common people in the church. Deacons are above the Laity. Deacons are ordained ministers that can baptize
Open Document