The one that jumps out to me is the increasing austerity and the use of vernacular within the church. Given that so much of the objections to the church, take Martin Luthers, were based around the other practices like the selling of indulgences and the moral laxity of the clergy that one almost assumes that the answer has to be the increased use of vernacular.
One of the changes that actually appealed to people was this use of vernacular as it allowed them to understand the mass which they'd never really been able to understand before. Particularly since the Bible had been translated into the vernacular, this move was wildly popular with lay people as it allowed them further insight into religion which previously had only been the exclusive right of the clergy.
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