The German was part of the Augustinian order. He wanted to purify the Catholic Church, not destroy it. Martin Luther wanted indulgences stopped, the fake belief that paying money would lessen a persons time in purgatory. He also felt everyone should be allowed to read the bible.
Martin Luther, the German cleric, did not invent any thing in a physical sense. He openly criticized the Catholic church, and began the Protestant branch of Christianity.
Martin Luther was a Catholic monk who sought to reform the Catholic Church.
The protestant reformation was caused by Martin Luther who wrote the ninety-five theses. He criticized the Catholic church and other followed him, causing a break-away from the roman catholic church.
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Indirectly, as far as I know, the German priests receive their paycheck from their diocese - their Bishop, but the vast bulk of the diocesan income is from a tax levied against all those who declare the Catholic Church is their Church, thus the state takes an automatic deduction, and supports the Catholic Church, the protestant church, and the Jews, all through this income deduction.
When the schism came to a close, near the time of the Council of Constantine, three popes where vying for the official position: Gregory XII- Roman Catholic Church Benedict XIII- French Catholic Church John XXIII- German Catholic Church
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