Aside from Religious Motivations,many Free Cities in the Holy Roman

Aside from religious motivations,many free cities in the Holy Roman Empire found Lutheranism appealing because:

A) it tied them directly to the pope, rather than to local bishops and lords.
B) Lutherans supported the construction of new monasteries, which enhanced the wealth and prestige of the merchant class.
C) town councils could use Lutheran ideals as a way to oppose local bishops and monasteries and to appropriate Church property.
D) Catholic dogma had never been too appealing to educated urban elites.
E) Lutheranism taught the same basic beliefs as the merchants of the free cities did in their guilds.