Black Death - What affect does/did it have on the Catholic Church?? :)?

Question

hey all!! :)

just wondering if anyone knows stuff about the black death, i have an assignment on it and want some info about the black death and how it make the Catholic church what it is today

Thanks everyone ;)

Answer 1

Hello,



It is just a disease spread by the fleas on rats, brought into Europe via the trade routes by land and sea from Asia. It reduced the number of Catholics greatly I suppose when 1/3 of the population of Europe died.

It had a much bigger impact on the social fabric of society by pretty well terminating the feudal system. I suppose there were some people p issed off and either left or revolted against the church since it did not have any answers sometimes saying it was God's will but the church went on and the reformation didn't come until the 16th century.



Cheers,



Michael Kelly

Answer 2

Well you have the Protestant version and the Catholic version, then you have reality. In reality people were uneducated and superstitious and believed that God was responsible for everything, when in fact, this will not be God's world until the return of Christ. Even Priests were guilty of this belief. This caused a loss of faith in the power of God and therefore the authority of the Church diminished.



It is a fact that the Catholic Church was going through a period of man made corruption, but as God protects the Church this eventually was corrected. The Plague may have weakened the Church by the loss of clergy to the Black Death, but it still stands as "trendy" religions come and go. It was the invention of the printing press that aided the Protestant movement. This is why there are over 30,000 Protestant religions, each invented by a man who claims he understands the Bible better than the last.

Answer 3

2/3 thirds of the clergy were wipe out because they caught it due to giving the people the sacraments.There were hardly any priest left they had a great shortest.

Answer 4

an analogy.

when 9/11 happened catholic churches were full of people in prayer, such was the demand for help a lot of the churches stayed open all night, this was a world wide phenomenom.

i would say that when the plague came the same thing happened, when things calmed down people converted to the faith

Answer 5

The black death was a vicious, brutal disease and health pandemic that swept over Europe in the 1300s. One in every 3 Europeans died in the infestation.



The black death was spread by rats. This made the infection very easy to migrate within regions, as rats were littered all over the place in those times when Europe was a very dirty, non-sanitary place. Furthermore, there was virtually no way to stop the spread of disease, as long-distance communication was nearly impossible, given the technology (or lack thereof) of the time.



As for the Catholic Church, I don't know of anything about the black death that would have influenced it. The Church had already been in existence for 1300 years preceding the pandemic. And, of course, the Church did not "perish" because of it.



The only thing about the black death that I can think of relating to the Catholic Church is that the virus was often spread as a result of over-crowded Churches. Lockdowns were oftentimes issued for infested cities - people were required to stay in their homes to avoid spreading disease. However, Sunday (and even weekday) Church was not included in the lockdown, thus Churches frequently became far too crowded, speeding the spread of the infestation.

Answer 6

Well God never said that this earth was made for us not to suffers.

Answer 7

The experience of the Black Death and failure of the church to provide any meaningful assistence helped begin the loosing of religion's hold in Europe. During the Black Death initially priests told people if they prayed, sought healing, and made offerings god would assist. So initially it bolstered religion. Such did not occur, the disease took in places half of all the people. Children, infants, the good and the bad equally. Priests often ended up fleeing plague towns in fear once the epidemic took hold. This led to people questioning their beliefs and the efficacy of them more. It also decreased the number and quality of clergy as the life expectancy of a priest who had to deal with large number of sick infected people was poor. People also saw that the priests had no more protection from the god they claimed would protect them.

Answer 8

I love the black death, it's a very interesting read.



"Many people, desperate for answers, turned to the Church. The Church told the people of Europe that it was God's will to have the Plague. Many thought it unjust of God and turned away from the Church. Even priests, bishops and other church officials, were driven by fear to hide from the dreaded Plague. The Catholic Church deteriorated during the Plague setting the stage for the Protestant Reformation. "

Answer 9

Some, just not quiet enough; i refer to closing the whole thing down.

Answer 10

it was caused by religion because they thought cats where involved with witch's so people kid every cat they could find which allowed mice and rats to carry the disease victim to victim.

Answer 11

The BLACK death is an infection that ALL RELIGIONS have just as HOMOS have the HIV.



They pass it to their children according to Jesus Christ and the CURE is in LUKE 14:26 but they will not apply it to their children because they want to drag their children, grand children and great grand children to HELL with them.



So I offer you a dose of LUKE 14:26, 27 & 33 to get you out of the BLACK DEATH.