WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What did the Protestant Reformation encourage people to do?
A
Accept the idea of indulgences
B
Support the Catholic Church
C
Break away from the Catholic Church and form new Christian Churches
D
Swear allegiance to the Pope
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Instead, Protestants believed people should be independent in their relationship with God, taking personal responsibility for their faith and referring directly to the Bible, the Christian holy book, for spiritual wisdom.

Detailed explanation-2: -As Protestantism swept across many parts of Europe, the Catholic Church reacted by making limited reforms, curbing earlier abuses, and combating the further spread of Protestantism. This movement is known as the Catholic Counter-Reformation.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The Protestant Reformation brought attention to the corrupt practice of the Roman Catholic church at the height of their influence. Martin Luther was the German priest who started the Protestant Reformation over his concerns with indulgences. Ana-baptists believed that adults could be re-baptized.

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