HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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thought the church lacked structure
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disagreed with the sale of indulgences
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blamed the church for not curing the plague
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believed kings should not have power to appoint clergy
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Detailed explanation-1: -Luther had a problem with the fact the Catholic Church of his day was essentially selling indulgences-indeed, according to Professor MacCulloch, they helped pay for the rebuilding of Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
Detailed explanation-2: -In his theses, Luther condemned the excesses and corruption of the Roman Catholic Church, especially the papal practice of asking payment-called “indulgences”-for the forgiveness of sins.
Detailed explanation-3: -Martin Luther disagreed with the Catholic Church because they sold indulgences as a sign of greed, hypocrisy, and moral rot in the Catholic Church leading to the Protestant Reformation.
Detailed explanation-4: -But in 1517 Luther penned a document attacking the Catholic Church’s corrupt practice of selling “indulgences” to absolve sin.
Detailed explanation-5: -An indulgence is the full or partial remission of temporal punishment for sins after the sinner confesses and receives absolution.