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In Reply to: This one isn't about sex posted by Alissa Henry on December 09, 1998 at 15:21:42:

I think the monks were willing to follow, listen to, and agreed with hypocritical authorities because if they were to speak out about the corruptions they might be label as a heretic for trying blame one of their brothers of a sin or they might be accused of being involved in the sin themselves. I think the leaders of the church knew about some of these corruptions within the church, yet they refrained from revealing them because they wanted to avoid the cynicism that might result from the discovery of these events. Perhaps this is one reason why the Inquisition came about and why often times people were condemned as heretics without being given a chance to defend themselves. Like the Inquisitor, Bernardo Gui, the church wanted to get rid of the people who they thought knew of these corruptions. With the knowledge of these corruptions within the church people could become doubtful and/or cynical of the church's authority and call for a reformation.

Along with the corruptions of laughter, sex, murder, and wrongful indulgences of wealth, the church also caused corruption with disputes over who was the true pope and where he was to reside. This corruption is seen in the Avignon Papacy (1309-1377) and the Great Schism (1378-1417). As a result of these conflicts within the church cynisism developed among the people and a reformation was called for that eventually came in the 16th century.

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