Comparative Essay: The Church and The Caliphate

Every day, all over the world, billions of people strive to embody the legacies of two of histories most influential men; Jesus Christ and the Prophet Muhammad. The death of these prominent religious leaders was devastating to their respective groups of followers, leaving them in the dark and in dire need of leadership, resulting in the formation of two very similar yet profoundly different institutions known as the Church and the Caliphate, respectively. Without divine …

…it became increasingly evident that no successful empire can be based on religion alone, and that the balance on church and state is key to long-term prosperity. The cumulative effects of corruption of authority as result of greed or power hunger, and slow, steady straying from their foundations led to the distortion of matters of faith and those of the state, bringing about the gradual descent of both the Roman Catholic Church and the Caliphate.