UD9. The protestant reformation

People began to question the attitudes of the Church at the end of the Middle Ages because:

The luxurious lifestyle of the high clergy.

• True

• False

People began to question the attitudes of the Church at the end of the Middle Ages because:

The buying and selling of ecclesiastical positions.

• True

• False

People began to question the attitudes of the Church at the end of the Middle Ages because:

The belief that only faith in God could lead to eternal salvation, regardless of acts.

• True

• False

People began to question the attitudes of the Church at the end of the Middle Ages because:

The lack of culture and weakening of moral standards of the clergy, who set a bad example.

• True

• False

People began to question the attitudes of the Church at the end of the Middle Ages because:

The existence of pastors, a kind of priest who could marry and work to earn his own income.

• True

• False

People began to question the attitudes of the Church at the end of the Middle Ages because:

A rise in the number of parishioners who could read and interpret the Bible for themselves, without priests.

• True

• False

People began to question the attitudes of the Church at the end of the Middle Ages because:

The selling of papal bulls and indulgences.

• True

• False

Luther nailed a list of 95 theses in favour of the Catholic faith and the church hierarchy to the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, Germany in 1517.

• True

• False

In the 95 theses, Luther condemned the wealth of the Church, denied the value of indulgences and advocated a new religion.

• True

• False

Luther believed in salvation through faith; only faith in God could lead to eternal salvation.

• True

• False