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The mass productions of Bibles in different languages fueled the Catholic Reformation--all due to Gutenberg's press.

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Step-by-step explanation:

Fast production and fewer

materials decreased the price and increased availability of the bible, thus

providing more opportunities for anyone of any economic status to own and

read a private family bible. As long as they were literate, many citizens no

longer needed to rely on religious authorities for knowledge, interpretation, and

analysis of religious literature. They could form their own intellectual opinions

concerning the bible and their faith through reading. This shift in power from

the religious authority to the people was a common effect of more accessible

and inexpensive print, particularly in the religious sector of European culture

during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

Interestingly, the Catholic Church was one of the biggest early

customers of printing press The Catholic Church utilized the press for printing

ordinances, indulgences and anti-Islamic Crusade propaganda during the late

1400s and early 1500s Thus, it wasn’t surprising that numerous monasteries

hailed the printing press as a gift from God

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