Novosedoff Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 Hi all, I was curious what are the most significant sources of wealth of the Catholic church in the historical retrospective? Can we regard the Sadducee gold from the Second temple amongst the earliest sources? Since Romans were known to provide the tax redemptions to the church, new monasteries popped up as offshore tax havens for anyone seeking to evade taxation. Can we regard this as second most significant source of the Catholic church? Then preceding the era of the new Crusades the Pope established a 2.5% income tax that all kings of all Europe's christinized countries were supposed to transfer to Rome. That's how the Medici and other trading houses came into play with their cross-border operations. Anything else to add to the list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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