The core theological difference is Luther believed in salvation by faith alone and the Catholic Church believed in salvation by faith plus works.
He thought that everyone should be able to read and interpret the Bible. This belief went against the teachings of the Catholic Church, in which only clergy could interpret the Bible.
No. The Protestant Church began as a division away from Roman Catholic Church in the 14th century. The central ideas of the churches are similar, but the Protestant Church has altered the original Catholic Bible and disagrees with some Catholic ideas, such as confession.
He thought that everyone should be able to read and interpret The Bible. This belief went against the teachings of the Catholic Church, in which only clergy could interpret The Bible.
He thought that everyone should be able to read and interpret The Bible. This belief went against the teachings of the Catholic Church, in which only clergy could interpret the Bible.
The primary difference was that the Protestants argued that the ability to interpret the Bible rested with the individual believer and not the Church establishment. Therefore, the only thing that was relevant in knowing God was the Bible and not Church doctrines.
.Catholic AnswerM. Luther's ideas were posted in his 95 Theses. See the link below.
When Galileo published his ideas challenging the geocentric view of the universe held by the Catholic Church, he faced opposition from church authorities. They viewed his ideas as heretical and contrary to the teachings of the church. Galileo was eventually tried by the Inquisition and forced to recant his views.
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Galileo Galilei
Without going into too much detail, he held that people should base their beliefs and behavior directly on what it said in the Bible, and not on indirect knowledge such as the many (Catholic) treatises and interpretations about the Bible, so that they would end up believing more in Catholic Church teachings than in the Bible itself.
They set up schools that taught catholic beliefs.