Clergy is the word that describes the clerical class, that is, are the religious, known as priests, which are part of a Church, from the Latin cleru. the clergy is a religious set, which may belong to a particular country, a particular cult, etc.
The clergy emerged with the Catholic Church, at the time of the Middle Ages and feudalism. The clergy is represented by priests, bishops, archbishops, cardinals and the Pope, and each has its own role in the hierarchy of the Church, and they are responsible for the services.
The clergy, in its original sense, exist until today, mainly in the Catholic Church, but they no longer have as many privileges and recognition as they had before, and currently only has influence within the religion.
Regular clergy and secular clergy
O regular clergy refers to clergy who are members of some religious organization, while the secular clergy, is the group of clerics who do not live in a religious institution and carry out works aimed at the community.
high clergy and low clergy
There is a distinction between the high clergy and low clergy. The high clergy consisted of cardinals, archbishops, patriarchs, bishops, and priests from wealthy families. The lower clergy consisted of priests and deacons, who often came from poor families.
Learn more about feudalism and the characteristics of feudalism.
