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How and why did the Church grow in importance during the Middle Ages?

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the church grew in importance because ev eryone wanted salvation, and they followed the church to get salvation. If you were ex - communicated, you wouldn't get salvation, and the church had the power to ex - communicate you. The church collected taxes from everyone and was the richest in the communtiy.

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