According to the Text, the Main Reason Why the Church

question 15

Multiple Choice

According to the text, the main reason why the church did not immediately condemn Luther was

• A)political; the pope had to weigh the influence of the Elector of Saxony, the Holy Roman Emperor, and the kings of Spain, France, and England.
• B)intellectual; the initial support that much of the Catholic clergy gave Luther.
• C)Cultural; officials in Rome could not take the activities of a German monk seriously.
• D)institutional; the internal weakness of the Church; the papacy was being challenged by the Conciliar Movement.
• E)social; the limited impact Luther's ideas were having.

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