How did the Church support the perpetuation of the feudal system?(1 point)
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People all became educated by Church monasteries.
People all became educated by Church monasteries.
The Church recruited people to fight in the Crusades.
The Church recruited people to fight in the Crusades.
The Church taught that people should not spend their time pursuing wealth, but should focus on faith.
The Church taught that people should not spend their time pursuing wealth, but should focus on faith.
The Church gave serfs land.
The Church gave serfs land.
The Church supported the perpetuation of the feudal system through various means, most notably by teaching that the social order was divinely ordained and that individuals should accept their place in the hierarchy. This ideology helped to maintain stability within the feudal structure. However, of the options provided, the most accurate is:
The Church taught that people should not spend their time pursuing wealth, but should focus on faith.
This teaching would have reinforced the status quo by emphasizing spiritual over material pursuits, thus discouraging challenges to the feudal structure and the positions of power held by the nobility and the Church itself. It created a sense that the social order was natural and that seeking to change one's station in life was not a worthy goal, thereby helping to maintain the feudal system.