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Black Death in the Church
Title: Black Death in the Church
Category: History
Details: Words: 397 | Pages: 1.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Black Death in the Church
Much of the Christian religion we see today was shaped from views developed by society at that time. Various forms of religious behavior developed, but were far from what we recognize today. One of the most gruesome replications were the resurgence of Flagellants. The Flagellants were convinced that the end of the world was at hand and the Plague was the wrath of God. They traveled in organized bands, bound by vows to abstain from …showed first 75 words of 397 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 397 total…but took the lives of all. Overall there was a negative effect on the popularity of the church. A struggle between faith and reason developed giving rise to religious, social, and pol!
itical unrest. Religious reformer John Wycliffe, in England and John Huss, in Bohemia were leaders of a couple of many sects that challenged Catholic Church's behavior and doctrine. Although decades later, these complaints eventually led to the formation of the Protestant Church.
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