The Legacy of the Black Plague

The legacy of the Black Plague

Assertion:The legacy of the Black Plague is the abuse of religious power done by the Catholic Church.
Evidence: The Catholic Church had to find new ways to make money due to the Black Plague and the lose of money being made by he church, therefore making unethical choices. "Church abuses to raise cash: fee's for any services, and sell indulgences, dispensations, and church officials."(Black Plague flow chart).
Commentary: The church abusing their power in order to receive money caused people to doubt religion when before religion was the major part of everyones lives. The doubt in religion gave smaller rankings the chance to challenge the church and lower the power that the church has on society (Smaller ranking being royalty or nobility). The church losing power made them take desperate measure even making unethical practices to raise money for the church them doing so made people lose trust in the church. The church for the first time didn't have complete power over society because people doubted the truth of the religion.