During the 1400 and 1500s, the catholic church was selling indulgences . these indulgences allowed people to pay money to have t
heir sins forgiven. how did these indulgences spark the protestant reformation? -people were unhappy about how expensive indulgences were so they wanted a new religion
- people were commiting crimes so they could get money for these indulgences
-the monarchs or europe created a campaign critiquing the sale of indulgences
-many religious wcholars felt that indulgences went against the worlds of the bible
The reason why the indulgences paid to the Catholic Church sparked the Protestant Reformation was that many religious scholars felt that indulgences went against the Words of the Bible.
<h3>How did indulgences lead to the Protestant Reformation?</h3>
Indulgences annoyed several Christian scholars such as Martin Luther who argued that paying for sins to be forgiven was against the word of the Gospel.
As a result, new denominations in Christianity broke out and this led to the period known as the Protestant Reformation.
