Which practices of Roman Catholicism was rejected by Protestants during the Reformation?

• A. The veneration of saints
• B. Use of Latin for the Bible and for church services
• C. The belief in the Trinity
• D. The practice of baptism by immersion

Answer: (B)

The key change the Reformation pushed was making scripture and worship accessible to everyday people by using languages they spoke, not Latin. Reformers argued that faith should be guided by the Bible itself (sola scriptura) and that reading and hearing Scripture in a vernacular language would empower lay believers to participate in worship and interpretation. Translating the Bible into common languages and conducting services in those languages broke the hold of Latin as the exclusive medium of Bible study and church ritual. This shift is the best answer because it captures the practical and theological move that defined Protestant reform: moving away from Latin as the standard for Scripture and worship toward vernacular languages.

Veneration of saints was indeed challenged by Protestants, who rejected praying to saints or relying on saints as mediators, but this critique grew from different concerns than the language of Scripture and services. The belief in the Trinity remains central to both Catholics and Protestants, so it isn’t something Protestants rejected. Baptism by immersion is a practice observed by many Protestant groups and isn’t the defining rejection of the Reformation in the same way language of worship and Scripture was.