Why was the Medieval church so powerful?

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I know that they had a lot of power, but what did they do to gain it, apart from :

1. people in the medieval era had a lot of hardships and believed that by going to the church, praying and spending time admitting their sins you could go to heaven; but by doing the oppisite, going to hell

2. they had a lot of money and gave a lot away to charity and had education at the churches
 
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