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cementing force of the people. It identified more and more with the violence and exploitation of the feudal lords of the later parts of first millennium A. D. and the earlier part of the second millennium A. D. The thinking people leaned more and more towards the Greek Thought. The great literary and artistic renaissance in Europe revolutionised the thoughts and ways of the common masses. This renaissance reacted upon the religious church vehemently. Pope, the head of the Chirstian Church, had identified himself with some ruling monarchs which aroused dissatisfaction amongst the other ruling monarchs who had no good relations with the Pope's friendly monarchs. A rift occurred in the Christian church dividing it into the Catholic and the Protestant church. Pope till now was the undisputed sole head of the whole Christian church but the Prostestant Reformism provided opportunity and the Protestant monarchs replaced Pope as the head of religion within their territories. The strained relations between the two branches of the Christian church continued roughly till feudal times. During the age of Capitalism, both the Churches joined hands. They had found fresher avenues for their display in the newer lands to which they accompanied their political masters. The capitalist and the Imperialist took the Church with him into his new colonies. Second only to military power, it played a very important historical role in strengthening imperialist strongholds in the colonies. Its important role also continued when the capitalist Monopolism sought political influences, not through sword but through trade only. Sword and Bible were the inseparable companions of the imperialists, while Bible alone travelled with the Monopolists. Religion has ceased to function any important role in the present century. Christian Russians gave a death blow to Christianity.
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