Clergy: regulars and secular

• Church and the State: real patronato

  • King controlled all clerical appointments and communications
  • 1574: increased power of seculars, reduced regulars

• Regular (orders), evangelizers, educators, administrators

• Secular clergy: administered sacraments (baptisms, marriages, burials), thrived on parish fees

• Economic power of church

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