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Martin Luther, the one from the reformation, was not a slave. He was actually a monk before he was excommunicated from the church.
No, instead he was excommunicated as a heretic.
Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Catholic Church due to his Ninety-Five Theses, which he posted on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, in 1517. In these theses, Luther criticized the selling of indulgences by the Catholic Church, questioning its authority and practices. This led to a chain reaction of events that ultimately resulted in Luther's excommunication in 1521.
No, he had been excommunicated by the Edict of Worms.
.Catholic AnswerThe Bull, Decet Romanum Pontificem (It please the Roman Pontiff) excommunicated the heretic, Martin Luther, was issued on January 3, 1521.
I'd imagine because of his Heresy he was excommunicated.
Martin Luther didn't determine people got to heaven, but the Catholic Church was the entity that determined who got into heaven. If they excommunicated a person that was taken away. People were in great fear of being excommunicated by the church.
Martin Luther never took over the Christian Church, he was excommunicated from it in 1521 in the bull Decet Romanum Pontificem: Papal Bull on the Condemnation and Excommunication of Martin Luther, the Heretic, and his Followers, January 3, 1521.
His followers. I have been raised Lutheran and I have learned that Martin Luther's original intentions were not at all to break with the Catholic church, he in fact encouraged his followers not to break from the church, he just wanted to change the corruptness of it and focus more on the Bible. The way I understand it to be is that Martin Luther's followers (not Martin Luther, it was after his death) broke from the Catholic church because they recognized the strength of the church itself and were insulted by the fact that the Catholic church excommunicated Luther.
Roman Catholic AnswerNo, Johann Gutenberg died a child of the Church and was buried from the Church. Martin Luther was excommunicated for his intransigent heresy and for breaking his solemn vows as a priest and religious; not to mention leading others away from the Church established by Our Blessed Lord for their salvation.
1. He was excommunicated from the Catholic Church. 2. He was (later) declared an outlaw.
The Church attempted to correct Martin Luther and save him from falling into heresy. When all else failed, they excommunicated him in an effort to limit the damage done by his errant theology.