Where did Martin Luther oppose the Catholics?

Answer 1

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Martin Luther's "stand" against the Catholic Church was that the Catholic Church stood for the Gospel and morality, and Martin Luther failed at both, so he rewrote the Gospel and made up a new "Christianity" which did not call him to be a moral person to be saved.

Answer 2

If you mean geographically, he nailed his "95 thesis" to the door of the church in Wittenburg, Germany (church doors in that day served as community bulletin boards).

If you mean theologically, you may read the thesis at the link below:

Answer 3

Not meaning to sound trite, but realistically, his argument boiled down to the Catholic Church did not agree with him. He didn't want to confront the constant teaching of Our Blessed Lord in the Gospel to repent (turn away from sin) and believe in the Gospel, so he made up his very own doctrine of salvation by faith alone - something that no one in fifteen hundred years had even conceived of, and then tried to fit everything else, The Bible, the Church, etc. into his heretical doctrine.

Answer 4

Catholic AnswerYes, one could say that (that Martin Luther was against the Catholic Church) because the Catholic Church preached Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ, and His Call to repent from your sins and lead a good life. All things that Martin Luther most certainly did not want to do:

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Martin Luther's call to reform the Church is know as several things. Among protestants it is know as the beginning of the Protestant reformation, among Catholic historians, it is know as the protestant revolt, I think the best description would be "total disaster". Although his revolt (among other things) did spark the Counter-reformation, and the Council of Trent; it also fragmented the Body of Christ into thousands of squabbling factions, historically depriving millions of souls of the graces available through the Church, and allowing them to be brought up in error and heresy. It is a sad tragedy that the Holy Father and the Church are still trying to repair to this day. Historically, it has not lasted as long as some other heresies in history, but it has probably caused the most damage and tragedy to the most people of any heresy in history.

Answer 5

Martin Luther's "stand" against the Catholic Church was that the Catholic Church stood for the Gospel and morality, and Martin Luther believed that the Church failed at both. He believed that the Church's interpretation of the Gospel was in error, but more importantly he believed that the sale of indulgences was immoral.

He retained the Christian Gospels exactly as used in the Catholic Church, but translated them into German so that the common people could see for themselves what the Gospels say.