In what ways did the Protestant Reformation in Western Europe challenge the authority of the pope?

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The Answer is •Rejection of the idea that religious authority emanated from the pope and the ecclesiastical hierarchy;rather,the source of religious authority was the Bible,as interpreted by individual Christians.
•Rejection of the pope as the ultimate authority in faith and doctrine.
A really good answer might also note the indirect challenges to papal authority in the removal of church sacraments as channels of God's grace and also the rejection of the role of clergy as mediators between God and humankind.

In What Ways Did the Protestant Reformation in Western Europe