HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Powerful kings began replacing the pope as the political leader.
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The Church began allowing priests to get married.
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Serfs began refusing to offer tithes to the Church.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Reformation led to the reformulation of certain basic tenets of Christian belief and resulted in the division of Western Christendom between Roman Catholicism and the new Protestant traditions.
Detailed explanation-2: -The massive turmoil that the Reformation caused had a lasting impact on European politics. Soon after the Catholic Church deemed Martin Luther a “protestant, ‘’ Europe became divided along confessional, as well as territorial, lines. The religious turmoil of the period led to warfare within most states and between many.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Catholic Reformation was a religious movement that transpired in the 1500s throughout Europe. It aimed at reforming the Catholic Church’s corruption and resulted in the creation of Protestantism, a major branch of Christianity.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Protestant Reformation is alleged to have shaped major features of Western culture, including freedom of religion, freedom of conscience, the dignity of the individual, and political democracy.