The Catholic Church is the Mystical Body of Christ, and is incapable of "result in corruption", however, it is composed entirely of sinners (saving its head, Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ) and thus every single member of the Church is a sinner desperately trying to overcome their individual sins - or at least they should be, but often are not even trying. So throughout history you can find major sinners, all through the Church, even up to the Pope, but Our Blessed Lord, Himself, said that the Kingdom of heaven (which the Church is on earth) may be compared to a field sow with good seed that the enemy sows with weeds, He told us that they must grow together and that at the end of the world, He will separate them, that is not our job - see Matthew 13:24-30:
"The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off. When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well. The slaves of the householder came to him and said, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where have the weeds come from?' He answered, 'An enemy has done this.' His slaves said to him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?' He replied, 'No, if you pull up the weeds you might uproot the wheat along with them. Let them grow together until harvest; then at harvest time I will say to the harvesters, "First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles for burning; but gather the wheat into my barn."'
Russell Chamberlin (The Bad Popes) says that once leadership of the Church became associated with wealth and temporal power, the position of pope became a prize for the most powerful factions and warlords in Italy. Pope after pope, throughout much of the Middle Ages, took on the office for personal gain and proceeded to live lives of debauchery and vice.
1. Indulgences
2. Simony
3. Excommunication
Catholic Church will not interfer with the parents right to raise their child as they chose to raise her.
Corrupted by PowerThe Roman catholic church was the most powerful church in the whole of Europe at that point lol
Because the Roman Catholic church had too much power and was doing things that they werent supposed to do.
Why not have a look at www.fisheaters.com or www.catholic.com for the answer? They're both excellent sources of facts about the Catholic Church. :)Catholic AnswerYes, it is a sin to disobey the precepts of the Catholic Church. The precepts of the Church are NOT man made, they are distillations, so to speak of what you should be doing if you are trying to love and follow God.
Martin Luther. He created the Lutheran Church because he felt what the catholic church was doing was wrong.
The majority of Venezuelans are Catholic but Hugo Chavez is doing everything in his power to undermine the Church in that country.
Any followers of Jesus who do good and avoid doing evil could be considered as saints but to be declared a saint by the Catholic Church involves an intensive investigation of the person's life after they have died.
Roman Catholic AnswerThe Catholic Church does actively pursue all instances of crime by its priests. Why do people ask questions actively believing that the Church would be doing the wrong thing?
act like you know what your doing
A deacon is an officer of the Church. They assist the pastor in any tasks/jobs that need doing and the overall running of the Church.
.Catholic AnswerNobody started the Catholic Church in the sixteenth century, it had been doing fine for sixteen centuries since Our Blessed Lord started it in the first century.
They are a place of worship and in the Roman Catholic Church, it is normally the place for doing the Sacrifice (Holy Communion).