The core issue in Luther's protest against the Catholic Church was the
A)selling of indulgences.
B)Church's failure to teach the doctrine of salvation by faith alone (and not by good works).
C)exploitation of Germans by the Italian clergy.
D)Church's wealth that stood in stark contradiction to Jesus' example.
E)continued use of Latin which made church services unintelligible to most.

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Luther's main theological disagreement with the Catholic Church was over the idea of salvation. He believed that salvation was achieved through faith alone, not by good works. The selling of indulgences was a symptom of this larger issue, as the Church was using them to raise money and promote the idea that good works could buy one's way into heaven. The other choices are either secondary issues or unrelated to Luther's main argument.

The Core Issue in Luther's Protest Against the Catholic Church