The Event That Eventually Led to Luther's Break with the Church

question 84

Multiple Choice

The event that eventually led to Luther's break with the church was

• A) the Council of Pisa's declaration that maintained the necessity of Purgatory for salvation.
• B) the increase of Papal taxes on the German peasantry.
• C) widespread sale of indulgences by preaching monks.
• D) the declaration that the German clergy must pay taxes.
• E) the papacy's threat to remove the German emperor.

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