Question

Printing created possibilities for wider circumstances of ideas. Who among the following hailed printing as the ultimate gift of god?
A)Martin Luther
B)Menocchio
C)Roman catholic Church
D)Gutenberg

Answer 1

Hint: The printing created possibilities for us to share large amounts of information quickly and in huge numbers.

Complete answer:
 In the 15th century, an innovation of printing enabled people to share knowledge more quickly and widely. Civilization never looked back. Knowledge is power, as the saying goes, and the invention of the mechanical movable machine of printing press helped disseminate knowledge wider and faster than ever before. Now let’s see who among the options hailed printings as the ultimate gift of god,

Martin Luther said that printing is the ultimate gift of God and the greatest one. Martin Luther was highly critical of the excesses of the Roman Catholic Church.

Menocchio is known for his interpretation of the Bible and his view of the cosmos. The printing press had allowed the access to several books in the local languages. Menocchio too read several books and came to certain conclusions that were unacceptable to the Roman Catholic Church.

With an increase in literacy, the more opportunities to own personal religious texts and growth of individual reading, the printing press ultimately undermined the Catholic Church and disrupted the European religious culture by spreading religious knowledge and shifting the power to the people.

Johannes Gutenberg is famous for having designed and built the first printing press to incorporate movable type and mechanized inking and for using his invention to produce the Gutenberg Bible.

Hence, the correct answer is option (A)

Note: Through the publications of his protestant ideas, Martin Luther challenged the orthodox practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church. He wrote 95 theses criticizing many of the practices of the Roman Catholic Church. Luther's writings were immediately reproduced in vast numbers and read widely. These were impossible without printing technology. Deeply grateful to the print, Luther said, "Printing is the ultimate gift of God and the greatest one."