Church is weakened:
Socially- Renaissance emphasized secular values and challenged churches authority
printing press helped ideas spread
Politically- Some rulers (especially Germans) began to challenge political power
Economically- Northern merchants resented paying church taxes to Rome
Wrong with church:
- Corrupt leadership
Popes spent peoples money on personal things
Pope Alexander VI admitted to having several kids
- Priests were poorly educated and not able to read or teach
- Many priests drank to excess and gambled
Indulgences:
- Sold indulgences and made people believe they could be bad on earth but still get into Heaven
- Johann Tetzel was a monk who sold indulgences to try to rebuild St. Peters Cathedral
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