According to the text, the main reason why the church did not immediately condemn Luther was
a. social; the limited impact Luther's ideas were having
b. intellectual; the initial support that much of the Catholic clergy gave Luther.
c. political; the pope had to weigh the influence of the Elector of Saxony, the Holy Roman Emperor, and the kings of Spain, France, and England.
d. institutional; the internal weakness of the Church; the papacy was being challenged by the Conciliar Movement.
e. Cultural; officials in Rome could not take the activities of a German monk seriously.
c
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a. true b. false
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What will be an ideal response?