The correct answer is A) The Renaissance gave rise to the protestant reforming and reduced the power of the Catholic Church.
The statement that most accurately describes the consequences of the Renaissance in Europe is "The Renaissance gave rise to the protestant reforming and reduced the power of the Catholic church."
The Protestant Reformation initiated by Martin Luther challenged the political power Catholic Church had in that time. The Pope and the Roman Catholic Church exerted a total dominion and control of people's belief systems and Reformators considered that that dominion had generated corruptive practices inside the Church. Reformation followed ideas of the Renaissance and many branches were formed such as the Anglicans, the Methodists, Calvinists, Baptists, and Lutherans.
