The Catholic Church set up <u>the Roman Inquisition, also known formally as the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition </u>to fight the spread of Protestantism in Europe. This was <u>a system of tribunals</u> that investigated <u>individuals accused of crimes relating to alternate religious doctrine or beliefs as well as individuals accused of committing offenses relating to heresy</u>. Religious <u>reconversion</u> was often practiced by the church as well.
Answer:
The right choice is:
A. he encouraged Catholics to question a number of practices
of the church including the sale of indulgences.
Explanation:
Martin Luther is the father of Protestant Reformation. He was a Catholic priest and a seminar theologian in Wittenberg, Germany. In the 1510s, he went to Rome and came back shocked by the sale of indulgences and papal bulls for the forgiveness of sins. He couldn´t agree with those acts aimed at enlarging the chests of the Church. After a long reflection, he openly questioned them and the authority of the Vatican. He said that Christians could win God´s grace by faith only, not through buying indulgences, and that the Bible was the ultimate authority in religious matters. The furious reaction of the Vatican was to excommunicate him given his refusal to retract.
The most famous document that encouraged the colonists to fight until they reached independence was "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, which attempted to show why it was nonsensical for the colonies to be ruled by such a small island so far away.
B.african American gained the right to vote
