HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Use the information in the list to answer the question. Voices of Reform* John Wycliffe (ca. 1330-1384)* Desiderius Erasmus (1469-1536)* Martin Luther (1483-1546)The people listed would MOST likely agree with which statement?
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The Catholic Church should place less importance on its wealth.
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The Catholic Church should raise more money by selling indulgences.
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The pope should have more power to decide matters in the Catholic Church.
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The Bible is less helpful than Catholic Church officials in guiding people’s faith.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -1. People wanted to reform the Roman Catholic Church because of corruption. 2. By the 1400s, the Church refused to give or sell indulgences to anyone.
Detailed explanation-2: -Wycliffe advanced his revolutionary opinions in numerous tracts. He thought that England should be ruled by its monarchs and the lay administration with no interference from the papacy and the Church. In his On Civil Dominion of 1376 he said: England belongs to no pope.
Detailed explanation-3: -Likewise, John Wycliffe, who lived hundred years before Martin Luther was born, is heralded as the Morning Star of the Reformation.
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