HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Question
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What action did Martin Luther take to begin the Protestant Reformation?
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He went to Rome and spat on the Pope’s face
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He posted 95 theses to a church door in Whittenberg
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He started a theocracy in Geneva, Switzerland
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He invented the printing press to spread his ideas
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -31, 1517, the small-town monk Martin Luther marched up to the castle church in Wittenberg and nailed his 95 Theses to the door, thus lighting the flame of the Reformation-the split between the Catholic and Protestant churches.
Detailed explanation-2: -His writings were responsible for fractionalizing the Catholic Church and sparking the Protestant Reformation. His central teachings, that the Bible is the central source of religious authority and that salvation is reached through faith and not deeds, shaped the core of Protestantism.
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