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QuizMultiple Choice

Impact of the Crusades

Question 10 • LHS World History

The Catholic Church considered a heretic to be anyone who

Answer
A
traveled long distances to trade in silks and spices.
B
journeyed to the Holy Land to defeat the Muslims.
C
held religious ideas rejected by Church authorities.
D
Called for the removal of Muslims and Jewish people from Spain.

Explanation

A heretic was someone whose religious beliefs or teachings conflicted with doctrines accepted by Church authorities. Therefore, the correct choice is “held religious ideas rejected by Church authorities”; traveling to trade or fight, or advocating the expulsion of religious groups, does not by itself define heresy.

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