Nehemiah also turns his attention to religious abuses.
The pope or his legate, however, took no steps to remove abuses or otherwise reform the Scandinavian churches.
By the powerful influence of the president, government measures were sanctioned by the legislature dealing with the abuses.
In the west, general laws came rather as a result of the abuses of special legislation.
A stricter life was introduced into the papal court; the regular observance of the services of the Church was enjoined; many of the grosser abuses were prohibited.
