4 ms·
Church offices aren't hereditary and church lands don't belong to individual clergy. Time and money are necessary to scholarship, but not sufficient.
by loggedinmyphone 8y ago
Church offices aren't hereditary and church lands don't belong to individual clergy. Time and money are necessary to scholarship, but not sufficient.
- contoraria 8y agoIndeed. I bet you have time and money. bazinga https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habsburg_(Burg) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habsburg_(Burg) > Da er zu wenig Geld für den Bau der Burg hatte, bat Radbot seinen Bruder, Bischof Werner von Strassburg, um Unterstützung > Because of insufficient funds to construct the castle, Radbot begged his brother, Bischop Werner of Strassburg for support. Whether or not that's a legend, it was not unbelievable, which is the whole point. That castle was situated at an impasse of a river, where they likely extorted money, I mean "took taxes". The rest is convoluted history. I guess you heard the name.
- loggedinmyphone 8y agoIf you're interested in more examples of worldly clergymen check out Thomas Wolsey in the novel "Wolf Hall", Thomas a Becket in the movie "Becket" (1964), and of course Cardinal Richelieu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_Richelieu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_Richelieu