Role of the Church 1529

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Powerful, stable and popular

Second largest landowner next to the King

Pope had no control over how the church was run day-to-day

Pope had spiritual authority to determine how people worshipped and how the church doctrine was to be understood.

Sent taxes to Rome

Canon law (Church law) was decided by the pope

Monarchs of the Christendom swore obedience to the Pope

Rulers were anointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury at their coronation

Church Courts exercised rights to try religious matters

Abbots and Bishops sat in the house of Lords with the right to determine secular legislation

Monks and Nuns provided help for the sick, poor and Educate

Religion was how people understood the world

Eternal life was more important than time spent on earth

Purgatory, the seven sacraments and Transubstantiation was key to christian life

Masses for the dead

Gifts to the church

Memberships to guilds (groups of people who paid in to be remembered and prayed for)

Pilgrimages

Acquisition of indulgences

Holy relics

Several thousands parishes, 35,000 priests, 40 Bishops

Secular Church was part of the church that consists of Parish priests who worked in the community

Henry held Humanist beliefs about the catholic church but not a reformer