corruption of the Church

is a problem that has periodically plagued the Churcha term translated from the Greek word “Ecclesia” which means an assembly called together and is sometime translated as a congregation. A church is... more throughout the centuries, but was a significant factor leading up to the ReformationA revolutionary religious movement during the 16th century Europe that initially sought to reform the Roman Catholic Church but led to the emergence o... more. This Corruption involved nepotism, simonyThe practice of buying a church office with its benefice (source of income) which was widely practiced in the Middle Ages. more (selling of church offices), pluralismIn the Middle Ages it referred to the common practice of clergy holding more than one benefice (ecclesiastic office with income) in order to accumulat... more (holding multiple priestly offices), absenteeism (ignoring priestly duties); lack of celibacy, and simple greed.