the structure of the catholic church. As I read through the history of the Pope's and the different territories, it reminded me a lot of the Godfather Trilogy. It seemed there were various entities and councils and a lot of different hands involved in choosing the Pope. I was floored when the reading mentioned that at one time there were three Pope's. It also was interesting that how different Kings had a hand and involved themselves to have a Pope that will help serve their own purposes. When I think of our Constitution the founding fathers made sure there was a separation of church and state, this of course was provided to keep the government out of the affairs of the church's as well. Overall, enjoyed the reading and really illustrated governments intervention in religion.
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I was actually kind of disgusted with the power plays by the popes. Here they should be the most noble among the people since they were supposedly chosen by God. yet they seemed to be as greedy as you can get. I wrote my essay on France for the middle ages and so I was researching a bit about Charlemagne. Something you reminded me of when I read your post was a letter Charlemagne wrote to the new pope that came into power while he was reigning. He basically said: "Look, I respect you and all, but I'm actually the one wearing the pants here and you are beneath me. This is how me and the last pope did it and this is how it will still be done." It was kinda funny. Since we need to quote our sources here: Ganshof, Francois L. "Charlemagne." JSTOR 24.4 (1949): 520-28.
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