Which statements about the Catholic Church's response to the Reformation are true? Choose all answers that are correct. The Church strengthened and expanded the Inquisition. Church leaders encouraged people to read and interpret the Bible for themselves. Most bishops who were accused of abuses in their leadership were tried and excommunicated. The pope called the Council of Trent to clarify the Church's teachings and address abuses.

✓The Church strengthened and expanded the Inquisition.

✓Church leaders encouraged people to read and interpret the Bible for themselves.

Explanation:

The pope, paul lll see a reason for the reformation as well as renewal of the church. The Protestant Reformation brought about how some members of the Catholic thrive to sparkling the spirituality of the church as well as putting stop to clergy abuse.As a result of Protestantism, the church reacted by devising ways through reformation to bring about spread of Catholic religion, and this is known as Counter/Catholic Reformation.

The true reform actually get to the peak when some followers from Northern Europe join the Protestants and Luther carry out protest in Wittenberg.

It should be noted that some of the statements about the Catholic Church's response to the Reformation are ;

✓The Church strengthened and expanded the Inquisition.

✓Church leaders encouraged people to read and interpret the Bible for themselves.

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