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The leader of a local church was usually a priest.
The leader of a diocese, a group of local churches, was a bishop.
The leader of the main body of the Church, or, after the East-West Schism of 1054, the Roman Catholic Church, was the pope.
The Eastern Orthodox Church was lead by the Patriarch of Constantinople.
Among the regular clergy, the workers were monks and nuns; the leaders were abbots and abbesses.
Among the secular clergy, the workers were deacons and priests, the leaders were bishops and popes.
The head of the church in medieval times, as today, was the Pope.
For a little while, though, just from 1378 to 1417, there was a split in the church, called the Papal Schism or the Western Schism, when there were two "Popes" at the same time. What happened was that a Frenchman was elected Pope in 1305, named Pope Clement V, and he refused to move to the Papal Estate in Rome (where all the popes before him had lived) and decided instead to stay in Avignon, France. The next few popes lived in Avignon instead of Rome, but in 1376 Pope Gregory XI decided to move from Avignon to Rome. He died in 1378, and the cardinals (senior church officials responsible for electing the Pope) elected Pope Urban VI as his successor. Urban VI lived at the Papal Estate in Rome, but then the cardinals regretted their decision to elect him Pope, and they elected another man Pope (named Pope Clement VII) and he stayed in Avignon. So from 1378 to 1417, there was both a Pope in Rome and another Pope in Avignon. This meant that the church was divided between those who sided with the Papacy in Rome, and those who sided with the Papacy in Avignon. The church eventually declared the Roman Popes to be the legitimate ones and called the Popes in Avignon after 1378 "Antipopes". But from 1378 to 1417 was a very confusing time in the church, when the leadership was divided.
In the Christian world
Catholicism - Pope based in the Vatican City
Eastern Orthodox - Ecumenical Patriarch - based in Constantiniople
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During the Middle Ages art was mainly commissioned by?
During the Middle Ages art was mainly commissioned by The Church.
What is a monk middle age?
A member of the Catholic church.
The roman catholic church during the middle ages in Europe can best be described as a church that?
The Roman catholic church during the middle ages in Europe can best be described as a church that was a stable influence. This was during a time where central governments were weaker.
What was the role of the church at looking after the poor in the middle ages?
They helped them
Italian church art in middle ages?
Italian church art in the Middle Ages included frescoes and mosaics which were mainly architectural in nature. Color and gold leaf were very popular at this time.
What were the duties and powers of the pope during the middle ages?
They were and still are the head of the catholic church
How was the position of the church in the Middle Ages?
The Catholic church was the "state" and ruled the society of the middle ages.
How did the christian church shop life i n the middle ages?
The only church in the Middle Ages was the Catholic Church. I am not sure what the question is asking about the church.
What circumstance contributed to the growing of the Church in the Middle Ages?
The Magna Carta contributed the the growing of the church in the Middle Ages.
Where was a church in Middle Ages?
In the Middle Ages, every village, town, and city had a church. In fact, the presence of a church was what distinguished a village from a hamlet.
Turmoil experience by the church in middle ages?
The church in the middle ages experienced turmoil because it was no longer unified. Disagreements and splintering of the church caused the church to shatter.
Where was the hub of music during the early to middle of the middle ages?
Christian Church
When did the church of the middle of the Middle Ages begin?
church started after the fall of rome 480 B.C.E
What was the structure of the roman catholic church in the middle ages?
The Catholic Church was the only church in the Middle Ages and the pope ruled the church and monarchies of Europe.
Where did theater in the Middle Ages begin?
The church
In the middle ages where was the cathloc church head located?
It depends on which part of the Middle Ages you are asking about. For the majority of the time the Pope was located in Rome as is the tradition, but from 1309-1378 the Pope chose to reside in Avignon, France instead.
My head is my tail my tail is my head and 'ur in the middle?
church
