Which concept was challenged by Reformation-influenced Renaissance literature?
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Correct answer: The clergy's intercessory authority over salvation
Reformation texts challenged the idea that clergy alone could mediate between the individual and God. Literature increasingly asserted that direct access to scripture and faith — not priestly intercession — was the path to salvation.
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