Question

“I have cast the die. . . . I will not reconcile myself to them [the Roman Catholic Church] for all eternity. . . . Let them condemn and burn all that belongs to me; in return I will do as much for them. . . . Now I no longer fear, and I am publishing a book in the German tongue about Christian reform, directed against the pope, in language as violent as if I were addressing the Antichrist.”
What prompted Martin Luther to take the actions described in the quotation? A. the spread of the printed bible in the vernacular B. the excommunication of Luther by Pope Leo X C. Luther’s rejection of papal authority and his refusal to recant D. the distribution of the provocative 95 Theses

Answer 1

C. Luther’s rejection of papal authority and his refusal to recant. As an official in the Roman Catholic Church, Martin Luther had a deep and broad knowledge of the Holy Bible. His years of study, prayer, and meditation convinced him that the Roman Catholic Church had strayed from the true meaning of the Holy Scriptures, and that its teachings about the way to salvation was wrong. He decided to publish his views on the door of the Church. This was the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.