HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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some clergy promoted the sale of indulgences
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most of the clergy refused to participate in the papal inquisition
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church officials were fighting princes for political power
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some church leaders insisted on having lavish lifestyles that were being funded by increased fees for Church services.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In addition to indulgences, the 95 Theses pointed out other problems as well. These problems included priests not being well educated and some of the higher leaders in the Church being corrupt. In addition, Luther stated that the Pope himself had too much power over the Church and politics.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Catholic Church has also been criticized for its active efforts to influence political decisions and governments, such as the Church’s promotion of the Crusades, opposition to contraception, secular education, and LGBT rights, and its involvement with various 20th-century far-right dictatorships.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer. Answer: 100 years war and black death is not a cause of reformation.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Reformation became the basis for the founding of Protestantism, one of the three major branches of Christianity. 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.