Meanwhile, in Rome, Pope Leo IX was dealing issues of simony and concubine. Simony refers to the act of trying to buy and sell holy things; essentially, paying one’s was in to religious office. Celibacy was another issue that had some debate at the time. No biblical text could be found to say that it was wrong, while the Eastern Church allowed married men to become priests, the West disagreed. Elections were another popular topic of debate. It was Pope Gregory VII that initiated the topic of lay investiture. Until this time it was held that when in office one held both secular and ecclesiastical power. Gregory felt this added to much interference with the daily acts of the Christian religion.

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