The council of trent agreed that the bible is the only authority for guiding christian life. christians need only faith for salvation. the church’s interpretation of the bible is final. priests cannot pardon sinners for committing sins.

The correct answer is option B. Bartolomeu Dias was the first to establish a direct trade network between Portugal and India (the main trade centre at those times). Up to that moment, Europeans could not trade directly with India or Asia without using Middle East route. Since the Otoman Empire had blocked this route, Dias had to find new ones and he did it.