Luther's Doctrine of the "Priesthood of All Believers" Argued That

question 45

Multiple Choice

Luther's doctrine of the "priesthood of all believers" argued that:

• A) everyone, even priests, were equal before God.
• B) all Christians should be monks or nuns.
• C) devotion should no longer be communal but private.
• D) whatever the majority of Christians believed should become Church doctrine.
• E) church teachings and Scripture were unimportant in the formulation of doctrine.

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Definitions:

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