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CHAPTER 17 Transformations in Europe, 1500?1750 I?? seq NLA \r 0 \h . Culture and Ideas A?? seq NL1 \r 0 \h . Religious Reformation 1?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . In 1500 the Catholic Church, benefiting from European prosperity, was building new churches including a new Saint Peter?s Basilica in Rome. Pope Leo X raised money for the new basilica by authorizing the sale of indulgences. 2?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . The German monk Martin Luther challenged the Pope on the issue of indulgences and other practices that he considered corrupt or not Christian. Luther began the Protestant Reformation, arguing that salvation could be by faith alone, that Christian belief could be based only on the Bible and on Christian tradition.
