by The Comrade » Wed Nov 20, 2013 4:48 pm
kind of like how everyone swears with their hand on a bible even though you know half of them could give a shit.
papal investiture was all ceremony, and very little actual belief. the only reason the papacy was paid any real mind was that they held a ridiculous amount of actual power in terms of land held, people controlled, and dukes on the payroll.