In 1517, the German priest ________ began the Protestant Reformation by posting his Ninety-Five Theses, which accused the Catholic Church of worldliness and corruption.

A) Martin Buber
B) Ulrich Zwingli
C) Martin Luther
D) Reinhold Niebuhr
E) Johannes Gutenberg

Protestant Reformation

A major 16th-century movement aimed at reforming the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church, leading to the creation of Protestantism.

Martin Luther

A German theologian and religious reformer who initiated the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century by challenging the practices of the Roman Catholic Church.

Ninety-Five Theses

The list of moral grievances against the Catholic Church by Martin Luther, a German priest, in 1517.