Question

During the Reformation, many central European rulers supported Protestantism against the Catholic Church. Why?

Choose the best answer from the list below.

a. They did not like the pope.
b. They did not want to have to obey the Church.
c. They could increase their power by seizing lands that had belonged to the Church.
d. They thought Lutheranism was a better religion.
(PLZZZZ I NEED IT ASAP)

Answer 1

B. They did not want to have to obey the Church.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Catholic Church collected its own fees from the people that were catholic by telling the people that buying their way into heaven was the only way. With the amount of money the Church would receive through worshippers, they would grow increasingly more powerful and influential and would pose a threat to the current monarch.