• Mubelotix@jlai.lu
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    10 months ago

    Sure. The church was super reach in middle age, they collected taxes on everyone and their monasteries were working hard and were very efficient. Also people made a lot of donations in hope of staying out of hell

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      10 months ago

      Also people made a lot of donations in hope of staying bought their way out of hell.

      Indulgences were literally sold, those weren’t considered donations.