Question

Which statements describe ways in which the Catholic Church responded to the Reformation? Choose ALL answers that are correct.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answers are B) The Church eliminated the outright sale of indulgences and C) The Church created a list of Forbidden Books to stop the spread of Protestant ideas.

The statements that describe ways in which the Catholic Church responded to the Reformation are the following: The Church eliminated the outright sale of indulgences and the Church created a list of Forbidden Books to stop the spread of Protestant ideas.

The Church also established guidelines for educating priests and the pope encouraged the faithful to become monks and nuns and devote their lives to caring for the sick and helping the poor.

Catholic Church had to react to the Reformation movement and launched was is known as the "Counter-Reformation." It started in 1545 with the Council of Trent. Catholic Church wanted to maintain the presence and dominion it had before the Reformation. It expulsed Protestants and presented new documents for ecclesiastical reconfiguration, confiscated Protestant land, and started heresy trials.