WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the 1500s, however, the pope needed money to repair the church of St. Peter’s in Rome. To obtain the money, he sold indulgences for the project. The sale of indulgences outraged Martin Luther.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Catholic Church had granted indulgences since the Middle Ages to penitent Christians as a form of absolution after they fulfilled proscribed conditions such as prayer or fasting, but by Luther’s time the church was selling indulgences outright as a source of revenue.

Detailed explanation-3: -Luther argued against the practice of buying or earning forgiveness, believing instead that salvation is a gift God gives to those who have faith. Luther’s objections to the indulgence system paved the way for other challenges to the Catholic doctrine throughout Europe.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Counter-Reformation The Council of Trent, which met off and on from 1545 through 1563, articulated the Church’s answer to the problems that triggered the Reformation and to the reformers themselves. The Catholic Church of the Counter-Reformation era grew more spiritual, more literate and more educated.