Question

By the 16th century, the Roman Catholic Church was charging people numerous fees, dues, taxes, tithes, and payments to support clergymen and to fund building projects. What would happen to people who refused or were unable to pay these fees to the church?
A.
They would be sentenced to prison.
B.
The church would refuse them the sacraments.
C.
They would lose their citizenship.
D.
The church would take their personal property.

Answer 1

B. The church would refuse them the sacraments.

Refusal of sacraments (or excommunication/denial of Christian burial) was a common coercive measure used by the medieval and early modern Church against those who refused or could not pay tithes and other church dues.