Explain how the protestant reformation affected the catholic church over time

It significantly reduced the Catholic Church's political power. Before the reformation, the pope had authority over even European governments. This power started to decay as Christian populations split into Catholic and other denominations. As a result, the population of European Catholics dropped, as some people adopted Martin Luther's doctrine. Further, common folk started reading the Bible for themselves, thanks to Luther's translation of the Bible into German, a language that many people understood; this is significant because people no longer needed to rely on a priest to interpret the scriptures from Latin-- people could look in the Bible for themselves, in their own language.

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answer: a

explanation:  

stocks and bonds are the two main classes of assets investors use in their portfolios. stocks offer an ownership stake in a company, while bonds are akin to loans made to a company (a corporate bond) or other organization (like the u.s. treasury). in general, stocks are considered riskier and more volatile than bonds.

savings accounts are just money in a bank- they are insured by the fdic for up to 250,000.   very little risk

the average mutual fund holds hundreds of different securities, which means mutual fund shareholders gain important diversification at a low price. which means if one stock or bond drops it will have very little affect on the mutual fund - again very little risk