In the fourteenth century, people who began to question the authority of the international church and its clergy used all the following arguments except that the
A) pope had no authority over kings.
B) state needed no guidance from the papacy.
C) clergy was not above secular law.
D) pope was indeed the Antichrist.
E) church was only a spiritual body whose power does not extend to the political realm.

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While the other arguments were used by various individuals and groups during the fourteenth century to challenge the authority of the church and its clergy, accusing the pope of being the Antichrist was not a common or widely accepted argument. Therefore, this option can be eliminated as the correct answer.

In the Fourteenth Century, People Who Began to Question the Authority