History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v2.c29.s2.922

v2.c29.s2.922

The *Kulturkampf* in Germany and the *Loi Combes* in France were the inevitable reactions of the secular state to this new ecclesiastical policy. The Church, however, was not destroyed. It was, in fact, strengthened by the struggle. The loss of its temporal power and its political influence in the state was compensated by a new spiritual authority over the faithful. The Pope was no longer a temporal sovereign, but he was more than ever the spiritual head of a world-wide organization.