Which was a cause of the Protestant Reformation? sale of indulgences fall of Constantinople Thirty Years' War Council of Trent

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Which was a cause of the Protestant Reformation? sale of indulgences fall of Constantinople Thirty Years' War Council of Trent

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A major cause of the Protestant Reformation was the sale of indulgences by the Catholic Church. Martin Luther began early in his writings criticizing this practice in saying that the Pope had no authority or right to sell this type of indulgence.