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People starting to turn away from the church and starting looking to the Bible rather than religious people. People turned to Heresies. Reformers elected their own pope.

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The late Middle Ages brought spiritual crisis, scandal, and division to the Roman Catholic Church. because most priest died during the plague. the people did not know who to follow due to lack of leadership from the church.

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The church authority caused people to question them and God, so the people were not happy and were not having a good relationship with the church .

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Reformers wanted to end the captivity so they elected their own pope to head Rome. The people started relying on the Bible rather than the bishops. They viewed the Bible as the source of Christian views rather than the Church which created a divide.

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the authority of the church wasn't strong, so the people didn't have anyone to help guide them and tell them what was right and wrong and what to believe

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Because of the church failed to provided a strong sense of leadership during the course of the Plague many people turned to heresies to bring them of knowledge and understanding at a time of great stress.

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People thought that the church couldn't save them but that the Bible could so they started to reform and translate the Bible and form their Churches.

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People started losing faith in God because he was allowing these things to happen. They turned t the church in this time of turmoil and they were unable to offer assistance to the problem. This discredited God and the Church's teachings.

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When the people had different opinions about the Church and the Church persecuted them for their beliefs. This led to bad relationships and the Church was not maintaining its morals

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The people thought that the church was wrong so they didn't know what to believe.

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The people think that the church is wrong about how God can help them with anything. the people started to get mad because they didn't know how the plague was happening and God wasn't helping them. The church didn't know how to help the people.

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The church couldn't help the people the way they needed help during this time. Then people were apart of the Babylonian captivity.

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When the people had different opinions about the Church and the Church persecuted them for their beliefs. This led to bad relationships and the Church was not maintaining its morals

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When the people had different opinions about the Church and the Church persecuted them for their beliefs. This led to bad relationships and the Church was not maintaining its morals

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After the death of many monks and priest, the church lacked leadership. The plague caused many people to question why God would kill some and allow others to live.

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The Church didn't provide strong leadership in this time of need and instead moved their courts and ignored the people.

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The Church's authority decreased, so it was unable to provide leadership and advice during the plague.

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Plague breaks out and no one can explain it.  Good and bad people die and people turn away from God and turn towards kings to help them. Plague seems to go against what the Church teaches and causes confusion and rejection.

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The disagreements of traditions and translations of ancient Christian texts created a schism. Like a giant game of telephone.

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When people were questioning the Church's authority and the Church did not have the answer that the people wanted

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reformers within the Church elected their own pope to rule from Rome.

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Many priests and monks died during the plague.  The Church was unable to provide the strong leadership needed in this desperate time.