The response of the Catholic Church to Luther's Ninety-Five Theses was
A) to initially treat this as a "squabble among monks" and ignore it.
B) to initially treat this as a "squabble among monks" until it grew too large to be ignored, which initiated a chain of responses between the pope and Luther, which were all publicized.
C) to immediately bring charges of heresy against Luther.
D) to immediately excommunicate Luther to keep him quiet.
E) the pope ignored Luther and his writings until royal support was withdrawn from the Church.
B
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