The Black The Black DeathDeath

How did the Black How did the Black Death affect the Death affect the

church?church?

Black DeathBlack Death The Black Death The Black Death

was a disease was a disease carried by rats. It’s carried by rats. It’s official name is the official name is the bubonic plague.This bubonic plague.This pandemic occurred pandemic occurred during the Middle during the Middle Ages and killed 75 Ages and killed 75 million people. This million people. This affected everything, affected everything, including the church.including the church.

The Church in the Middle AgesThe Church in the Middle Ages

The Church during The Church during the Middle Ages had the Middle Ages had a lot of power a lot of power because people because people believed they could believed they could communicate with communicate with God. But During the God. But During the Black Death all of Black Death all of this changed and this changed and the beliefs of the the beliefs of the people changed too.people changed too.

How did the Black Death affect How did the Black Death affect the Church?the Church?

There were many things that the church did There were many things that the church did during the black death that would affect them during the black death that would affect them negatively. Here are most of them:negatively. Here are most of them:

Promising a curePromising a cure Promising a reasonPromising a reason FlagellantsFlagellants Many deathsMany deaths Promised treatmentPromised treatment

Promising CuresPromising CuresThe church promised The church promised the people that they the people that they would give them a would give them a cure to this disease. cure to this disease. The people began to The people began to think that they could think that they could not protect them not protect them resulting in the resulting in the people having people having second thoughts second thoughts about what they about what they believed in.believed in.

Promising an ExplanationPromising an Explanation

The church promised an explanation The church promised an explanation for the disease that was killing so for the disease that was killing so many people. They said that it was a many people. They said that it was a punishment from god because people punishment from god because people did not repent their sins. People did not repent their sins. People ended up getting mad at the church ended up getting mad at the church because the supposedly could speak because the supposedly could speak with god and they thought the church with god and they thought the church wasn’t doing anything about it.wasn’t doing anything about it.

FlagellantsFlagellantsThe flagellants were a group of men The flagellants were a group of men revolting against the church. They revolting against the church. They travelled from town to town whipping travelled from town to town whipping each other with leather rope that had each other with leather rope that had razor blades tied onto the end for 33 razor blades tied onto the end for 33 days straight. These people believed days straight. These people believed the church spread the plague and try to the church spread the plague and try to convince people the Black Death was convince people the Black Death was the churches fault. They gained many the churches fault. They gained many followers resulting in the church losing followers resulting in the church losing believers.believers.

ManyMany DeathsDeaths -- PriestsPriests

During the Black Death many people During the Black Death many people died including priests this means the died including priests this means the church had to replace the priests. church had to replace the priests. When so many priests died they had When so many priests died they had to fill those spots quickly sometimes to fill those spots quickly sometimes with less eduacated priests. People with less eduacated priests. People would get mad at the less eduacated would get mad at the less eduacated priests which resulted in less respect priests which resulted in less respect for the church.for the church.

Many Deaths - Many Deaths - doctorsdoctors

The Black Death killed so many people The Black Death killed so many people including lots of doctors. Everyone had including lots of doctors. Everyone had to help the sick because they’re were to help the sick because they’re were not enough doctors for everyone. The not enough doctors for everyone. The church helped out by caring for the church helped out by caring for the people like doctors so they could help people like doctors so they could help the sick but people got mad that they the sick but people got mad that they weren’t curing them. The people were weren’t curing them. The people were scared and blamed the church scared and blamed the church because they weren’t curing them.because they weren’t curing them.

Many Deaths - Many Deaths - peasantspeasants

The church was expected to repent the The church was expected to repent the sins for the dying and with so many people sins for the dying and with so many people dying it was impossible to keep up. The dying it was impossible to keep up. The situation got so bad that Pope Clement VI situation got so bad that Pope Clement VI declared that the sick could confess their declared that the sick could confess their sins to anyone even a woman. He also sins to anyone even a woman. He also granted remission of all sins for black granted remission of all sins for black death victims. This made the act of death victims. This made the act of repenting sins less valuable which made repenting sins less valuable which made the church lose value.the church lose value.

Promising TreatmentPromising TreatmentThe church promised to treat the sick The church promised to treat the sick and did but the once thought to be and did but the once thought to be invincible church started getting sick invincible church started getting sick and many priests died. They died and many priests died. They died because they helped the sick and because they helped the sick and caught the disease themselves. This caught the disease themselves. This led to belief that the priests and led to belief that the priests and peasants weren’t so different after peasants weren’t so different after all. all.

Jewish ReligionJewish Religion

Many Jewish people were killed Many Jewish people were killed because many Christians believed because many Christians believed they caused the Black Death. Since they caused the Black Death. Since the Jews didn’t accept Christianity the Jews didn’t accept Christianity they believed god punished they believed god punished humanity by giving them the Black humanity by giving them the Black Death. The church captured and Death. The church captured and tortured or often killed the Jews.tortured or often killed the Jews.

ConcluConclussionionThe church was greatly affected The church was greatly affected during the Black Death and went during the Black Death and went through a massive change. They lost through a massive change. They lost prestige, power and spiritual prestige, power and spiritual authority. This was one of histories authority. This was one of histories darkest moments and affected darkest moments and affected everyone and everything.everyone and everything.

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