The Power of the Church

clergyChurch officials such a priests an bishops who performed religious services
sacramentImportant religious ceremonies that pave the way to salvation
canon lawChurch laws governing marriage and religious practices
Holy Roman EmpireAn empire created by the German_Italian named Otto I that was the strongest state in Europe until 1100
lay investitureA ceremony in which kings and nobles appointed church officials
2. Lay investiture 
3. Marriage and religious practices 
4. By gaining support of the clergy,, bishops, and abbots
5. Because kings held the ceremony, they were allowed to appoint church officials such as bishops instead of the pope himself causing massive amounts of tension between church reformers and kings

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