In medieval Europe, did the Pope really have more power than the king?

To know the answer to this question, we must first understand where the power of the Pope comes from. In the early Middle Ages, religion was a political means for rights holders. But in medieval Europe, similar to the feudal lords' separatist regime in ancient China, it was common to attack each other for thieves. Under the development of this society, our life is usually difficult. At this time, people need more faith to support themselves, and the church's canon and relief usually get a large number of people.

After a country is defeated, if it wants to become a real emperor, its national defense strength is just insufficient. In order to shrink people's hearts, then the church needs to appear. The church has the advantage of hot weather in spreading religious rules to win over the people, and the priest also claims that he can communicate with God. Nothing is more worthy of people's admiration than an emperor recognized by God. On the surface, the pope crowned the emperor, but in fact, the pope meant that God crowned the emperor.

In this respect, many emperors in China had similar situations. For example, many kings were born with different images, or had legendary experiences, and some legends of reincarnation of immortals were handed down. For example, Li Shimin in Li Shimin is considered as the reincarnation of Zixing Emperor. This deification is the most typical expression of a person's identity and rights.

With the increasing influence of the church, the pope's desire is growing, and the contradiction between the monarch and the church is increasing, but it has always been in a controllable category, and Gregory VII became pope. He wants to get rid of the secular control of the church completely and create a Catholic world ruled by the Pope. In Gregory's view, the pope can be crowned emperor, but in fact he can be removed from his post. The emperor has no right to appoint or remove church officials. At this time, Henry III died young, and Henry IV became king at the age of 6. But even so, he finally lost. However, through this reform and innovation, the king's rights remained unchanged, but the pope's power was higher, so that the later church could ignore the emperor's instructions and start to crusade against hegemony with the appeal of "saving the resort".