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The most important Church of the Middle Ages was the Catholic Church. When it split in 1054, it became the Roman Catholic Church in the West and the Eastern Orthodox Church in the East.
There were always other Churches. The Celtic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches were very early and all predated the Middle Ages. The Celtic Christian Church was absorbed by the Catholic Church, but the others continue. There were also heterodox organizations outside orthodox Christianity, and some of these were declared heretical, in some cases resulting in military operations.
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How did christian church affect art in the middle ages?
Gothic people made big churches.
What was the role of the christian church in the middle ages?
The same as it is now: a way to control people and keep them in check. They just got away with more back then.
What is the center of learning that educated people in the faith?
In the Middle Ages, a lot of the education was done in monastery schools and cathedral schools. Priests were educated further in seminaries and, later on, medieval universities. Ordinary people got their religious education at the local church.
What major changes in the Christian church were made in the Middle Ages?
There are many reforms of the catholic church in the middle ages. Just a few are canon law (the laws made by the pope), the practice of simony (paying the pope or a bishop to become a priest) and the marriage of the clergy. Most of these reforms were used so the Church and the pope could gain power. Pope Gregory VII outlawed marriage of the clergy. Some say he did this so the offspring of married priests would not inherit the land that the Church owned. I'm sure there are many more reforms of the middle ages you can look into.
What was a lord in the middle ages relationship to the church?
The church was the primary power and then there was the nobility The church was the government and keeper of men's souls. They were man's way to communicate with God. The nobility was to protect people and to protect the church.
