Identify the issues that caused people to become discontent with the church before the Protestant Reformation

Indulgences and Overpower in Clergy

Explanation:

Indulgences where essentially a get out of hell jail free card, and how you can pay to be forgiven for your sins.

Overpower in Clergy would consist of how much power and influence the Catholic Church would have on monarchial affairs. The Catholic Church would influence monarchies and made far too much money. It can be observed the Catholic Church was very affulent.

The protestant Northern Europe tended to dislike the Southern Catholic states.