How did the reformation contribute to the birth of the enlightenment? a. it challenged the traditional authority of the church. b. it encouraged observation, hypothesis, and experimentation. c. it rejected claims of corruption in the church. d. it promoted biblical text as the only source of knowledge

A. it challenged the traditional authority of the Church.

The Reformation is usually believed to have started with the publication of the Ninety-five Theses by Martin Luther in 1517. It was a movement that caused a schism in Western Christianity and gave rise to denominations such as Calvinist, Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, Anabaptist, Unitarian, etc. The Protestant Reformation was also significant because it challenged the authority of the Church in Europe. Because of this, it was a detonator for the birth of Enlightenment.

pope john paul ii ( his real name is karol wojtyla) and lech walesa ( the leader of the solidarity movement ) were both born in poland.