Pope Gregory VII And Henry IV

The conflict between the secular leader and the spiritual leader emerged from the church’s desire to get power to invest Church officials. It was a conflict between the pope and the Holy Roman Emperor because both leaders desired to appoint the Church officials. It was just like a war over getting power for investiture. The emperors thought that they were secular and had the authority to do that, but papacy’s understanding did not like it. The main conflict between Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV occurred in the 11th century. The pope St. Gregory VII looked a strongest reformer, was elected in 1073, and had a viewpoint that Papacy was spiritual and it must be over the empire. The Pope Gregory VII had some reforms called Gregorian reforms, such