Who is largely responsible for setting up the rules and guidelines for the Christian church mostly expressed through his letters

Constantine
Peter
James
Paul
Matthew

popular sovereignty   influenced the declaration of independence because the colonists wanted to have freedom to do they wanted so they put into writing

the catholic church withhold people's access to the bible during the middle ages.

people could go to church and listen to the teachings, but it was absolutely forbidden to own and/or read the books of both the old and new testaments. it was also prohibited to translate the books (which where originally in biblical hebrew) to any other language.

this was done so the church could remain in control of what their teachings were and to enhance their importance and power, while also being able to judge people's actions through information that was unavailable for the general public.

the main reason that the constitution did not proclaim all men to be free and equal is because of the issue of slavery.