Monarchs in Many Catholic States Used the Spread of Enlightenment

question 58

Multiple Choice

Monarchs in many Catholic states used the spread of Enlightenment thought to

• A) increase their control over the church by suppressing the influential Jesuit order.
• B) reject religious toleration on the grounds that it would lead to the spread of Protestantism.
• C) strengthen their own power by rejecting all "atheistic" reform.
• D) form closer diplomatic alliances with the pope in order to limit the influence of reform.

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