One of the Major Reasons the Protestant Reformation Succeeded Was

Multiple Choice

One of the major reasons the Protestant Reformation succeeded was that

A) Italian merchants realized it made fewer financial demands on them than Catholicism.
B) political figures could use its challenge to Rome's spiritual authority in order to increase their power.
C) the Catholic church was beset by papal luxury and bureaucratic corruption.
D) it encouraged democratic revolutions to overthrow monarchies throughout Europe.