4/22 Periods 1 and 5: Global 9

AIM 139

How did the Catholic Church grow to become strong, powerful, wealthy, and feared?


I.  Catholic Church
A.  The Catholic Church was the accepted way during the dark ages
1. traditional
2. people followed the church and its ideas
3. people followed the church because it was the organization that would support an afterlife in heaven.
B.  You can't get to heaven without the church.
C.  The church became strong, powerful, wealthy, and feared during the dark ages.