HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH - { PT. 22 }

{ PT.  21 } - Disputes there had been, some of which were peculiarly bitter in their tone, between the English sovereigns and the Pope. Complaints had been made by the clergy against what they considered the unwarranted interferences of the Roman Curia in domestic affairs; but these disputes and complaints were concerned either with purely secular matters, as for example the annual tribute claimed by the Holy See since the famous surrender of the kingdom made by King John, or with the temporal side of the spiritual jurisdiction. The clergy and people resented generally the wholesale rights of reservation exercised by the Pope in regard of English benefices, the appointment of foreigners to offices in England, the heavy taxes levied by the Roman Curia directly or indirectly in the shape of Annats or First Fruits, the withdrawal of comparatively trivial cases from the local courts, and exercise of jurisdiction over the highest dignitaries of England by the legates commissioned by the Holy See. But it is one thing to criticise the actual working of papal supremacy as interpreted by Roman officials, or to seek to limit its exercise in the every-day life of any particular church, and another to call in question the supremacy itself. The English clergy and people did, indeed, object to allow papal supremacy to be pushed too far in what they regarded as purely domestic affairs, but even in the most prolonged and heated discussions they never once questioned the fact that the Pope was Supreme Head of the Church in England, or that he was Supreme Head of the Catholic Church throughout the world.   

I MUST SAY THIS, I WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE CATHOLIC RELIGION. I HEARD ABOUT THE CATHOLIC RELIGION, WHEN I WAS GOING TO A CATHOLIC SCHOOL, I THOUGHT WHAT I HEAR WAS A BUNCH OF BULL. WHEN I GOT OLDER, I FOUND OUT IT WAS SO!!! I STUDY ON THE CATHOLIC RELIGION. MY FAVORITE SUBJECT IS HISTORY   
 

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