How did the Church influence political and cultural changes in medieval Europe?

The church was the base of the government and was a social influence

The Church influence political and cultural changes in medieval Europe because they were the base of the government and were a social influence. Medieval Europe was largely based on Catholicism and created a social life and economy revolving around the religion's laws, which automatically placed the Church at the top of those countries. The lawmakers or mediation between God and the people was the Church filled with Bishops, a Pope, and priests. The people who make up the Church would say any command, and their word was law. The followers, citizens, because of religion created a society where they ended up empowering the Church, which later was separated from the government (Separation from Church and state originates) because of the clashes religion had with science, and the amount of lost followers who 'believed' i science which was seen as wrong during a specific time.