The Evangelicals who supported Luther's call for reform in the church included
A) heretics who had been pushed to the fringes of society.
B) social groups most ready to challenge clerical authority-merchants, artisans, and literate urban laypeople.
C) those in the upper echelons of the church.
D) the priest Johann Tetzel.

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Luther's call for reform attracted support from various social groups that were already predisposed to question the established clerical authority, including merchants, artisans, and literate urban laypeople. These groups found Luther's ideas appealing because they resonated with their own frustrations and aspirations for a more personal and direct relationship with their faith, outside the traditional and often corrupt church hierarchy.

The Evangelicals Who Supported Luther's Call for Reform in the Church