Luther had no intention of overthrowing the Catholic Church and become pope. He wanted to see reforms made in the Church. In some areas, he was correct as there were abuses that needed correction. However, some of his ideas were considered to be heretical.
Neither Martin Luther King, Sr. nor Martin Luther King Jr. ever broke away from the Catholic Church. They were both ever Baptists, and never Catholics. It was correctly the man they had been named after, Martin Luther, who had the controversy with the Catholic Church five hundred years earlier. Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Catholic Church. They turned him away. He did not leave them.
Not as far as the Catholic Church is concerned.
No, the Catholic Church is not Masonic. In fact, Catholics are not suppose to become Masons.
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Kate Middleton is not Catholic. She is a member of the Anglican Church (The Church of England).
Roman Catholic AnswerThe Catholic Church remained the Catholic Church. It cannot "become" anything else, as Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to guide it until the end of time. It will remain His Body, it will remain One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic. The Orthodox Church became schismatic (they are in schism from the Catholic Church).
Yes, everyone is welcome in the Catholic Church
No. Only men are allowed to become Priests in the Catholic Church. Women however can become Nuns. It's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church.
AnswerThere were several issues over which the Protestants and Catholics were in dispute, but the factor common to almost all issues was that the Protestants felt that the Catholic Church had become corrupt. This is highlighted by the sale of indulgences by the Catholic Church, the very practice that led Martin Luther, professor of biblical studies and Augustine monk, initially to seek reform within the Church.
It's just the Catholic Church, not the Roman Catholic Church. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is rarely used by the Catholic Church.
Martin Luther did not break from the Roman Catholic Church. It's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church. . When Martin Luther left the Catholic Church he was the culmination of a long process that had been going on in Europe for around two centuries in which men had gradually lost the religious fervor which had guided their lives for centuries before that. In the process of losing that, and the general disdain for the Church which had become prevalent, Luther started a movement of people more interested in their own sins and their own pleasures so that started to form Churches after their own desires rather than what God wanted. This was the start of the protestant heresy which has continued unabated until the present day and resulted in nearly 40,000 different "denominations" all based on what different individuals think is right, rather than God.
He can certainly become Catholic. Divorce does not prevent one from participating in the Church in any way. The Church sees him as continuing to be involved in a nonsacramental, but valid, marriage. What he cannot do is to *remarry* since that would be adultery in the eyes of the Church.