How Did Catholicism Affect Spain

Catholicism and Spain Catholicism ruled Europe with power and prejudice. It inspired the golden age of art and provided thick ideals that are evergreen in our forested society. The Catholic Church roused curiosity of medicine. Along with increasing curiosity, it hampered the progress of the medicine industry. Moreover, catholicism demoralized divorce. Catholicism implanted ideals that have ever lasted throughout the Renaissance. Catholicism affected medicine, discrimination, divorce, and education in Renaissance Europe. Catholicism played a central role in how medicine was created and used. Catholicism provided ideals that altered how information of the human form was collected. In fact according to Petrucelli in his book, Medicine an Illustrated …show more content…
Catholicism was seen as the superior lifestyle and religion, any other was futile. An example of religion preyed upon by the Catholic Church were the Jews. Jews were highly discriminated against and were subjected to banishment. In fact, the king and queen of Spain issued the Alhambra Decree in 1492 (Goldberg). The decree accused Jews of trying to draw faithful Christians away from their belief (Goldberg). As a result, Jews were given four months to convert to Christianity or leave the country (Goldberg). Choosing their home over their god, an estimated 50,000 Jews chose baptism over expulsion (Goldberg). The Church saw other religions as threats, leading to decrees such as the Alhambra Decree. Not only were other religions persecuted by Catholics, so were different lifestyles. In fact, sodomites were stones, castrated and burned (Goldberg). Sodomites were stoned, castrated and burned because in the Book of Leviticus, it was asserted, “If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act [toebah]. They shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them” (18:22). The words in the Bible directly translated into the eyes of the law, as a result a lifestyle against God’s word would be put into legal authority. Moreover, sexual pleasure was only prohibited in married couples. This is evident because in Hebrews 13:4, it is declared, “Let marriage be honorable among all, and the marriage bed be without defilement, for God will judge fornicators and adulterers.” This ideal has shifted and warped over the past decades, but it shows how prevalent The Catholic Church was in everyday life and ideals. Catholicism despised everything but itself, so it encouraged others to do the