Why did Luther’s core insights undermine the Catholic Church?

a. They discouraged Christians from performing good works and indeed viewed works as an obstacle to truth and salvation.
b. His theology made the church and its clergy and rituals unnecessary and, indeed, an obstacle blocking Christians from the truth.
c. Christians now had religious justification to refuse to pay tithes to support the church, and to withhold their obedience to the new Holy Roman emperor.
d. Christians now could refuse to partake in any sacraments or religious rituals, and no longer were expected to attend church at all, since they could read the Bible at home.


b. His theology made the church and its clergy and rituals unnecessary and, indeed, an obstacle blocking Christians from the truth.

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