Question

What caused the Great Schism?
A) French cardinals felt they had been pressured into electing an Italian pope, so they declared his papacy invalid and elected a French pope.
B) Henry VIII demanded an annulment for his marriage, but the Italian pope refused. Henry chose a new pope who would agree to the annulment.
C) Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses caused a rift in the Catholic Church, and the split caused French and Italian cardinals to elect different popes.
D) The invention of the printing press made the Bible accessible to commoners, and they demanded the right to elect a second pope.

Answer 1

A. In 1305, Philip IV persuaded the College of Cardinals to choose a French archbishop as the new pope. Clement V, the newly selected pope, moved from Rome to the city of Avignon in France.

Answer 2

Answer:

D

Explanation:

There were division in communion between the Catholic church and the Eastern-orthordox churches along different line of doctrines; supremacy of the Pope to lead the church etc. It were probable about an awakening surging on the scene in terms of what was right according to the Bible.