Question

What led to the shift of power away from Rome, the seat of the Catholic Church? (a)The Catholic Church was trying to embrace Protestantism.
(b)The Catholic Church lost allies such as England, Denmark, and Sweden.
(c)The Catholic Church tried to legalize witchcraft.
(d)The Catholic Church tried to encourage corruption.

Answer 1

The correct option here is B.

The Catholic Church was faced with many challenges as it was slowly losing power after it lost key allies such as England, Denmark, and Sweden. They split from the Catholic Church and its influence as it can be seen in example of England which created its own Anglican Church in which the king was also the supreme spiritual leader.  

Answer 2

The reason why Rome has led to shift its power to be away from the seat of the Catholic church was mainly because of the reason that they lost to the protestants in which made them lost their used to be allies in the England, Denmark and even Sweden. The correct answer is letter b.