it makes me think about our own government, and the continuation of corruption in our contemporary society. What are the similarities? Why does corruption reoccur?
Monday, October 14, 2013
Discussion 3 - The corrupt business of catholic rome
Renaissance Rome was a catholic run business headed by the pope and what one could call "cabinet" of clergy. As much as the church appeared to be run on merit, it was very obviously a patriarchal lineage. Family members of high ranking officials were given other high ranking positions while other clerics where given smaller roles in the church and purposely less educated. "Popes mostly viewed the church as monarchical, the papal power - both spiritual and temporal - as supreme, universal and absolute. They believed to be the new Christ figures on earth..." (- Partridge) With that mentality one can understand easily corruption could be abused. One could never do wrong if one is acting with the power of christ compelling them.
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Need to also deal more with the "humanism" of the papal court. Did you read Rowland?
ReplyDeleteI'd love to hear more about how Humanism was a sort of contrasting school of thought. Because you're right, the Catholic Orthodoxy did take conservative religious values and roll with them until everybody got a little too big for their britches.
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