What are the causes of the reformation?

a time period when the church broke into several groups causes: 1. indulgences 2. popes were wealthy,priests corrupt. 3. nepotism 4. simony, lay investiture 5. pluralism   The word...

European pronces and kings were jealous of the Churchs wealth. Merchants and others resented having to pay taxes to the church

Education became more important in society.

the catholic church fell.

There is not one original cause. The Protestant Reformation was the culmination of a whole menagerie of complex and interdependent ideas, events and leaders. However, the short answer is that most...