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Martin Luther called the Holy Father names which common decency prevents me from putting on WikiAnswers. The following is from the book, from The Facts About Luther, by Msgr. Patrick F. O'Hare, LL.D., Nihil Obstat: Rev. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Imprimatur: John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York; c 1987 by TAN Books and Publishers, Inc, Rockford, Illinois
In the beginning, Martin Luther realized that he and the rest of men could come to salvation only by the knowledge and practice of the Catholic faith of which Jesus Christ is the Soul and the Founder. He knew, as demonstrated by Faith and reason, that Jesus Christ and true religion are to be found only in the Catholic Church, where alone the Master teaches, dispenses His graces and communicates His divine spirit. ... As a layman he knew all this, as a priest he taught all this, and as a doctor of divinity, he was prepared to advocate and defend all this against all comers. Later in life, as he abandoned his spiritual duties and little by little lost God's grace, he (by his own admission) grew careless in the performance of his religious duties and daily violated the plain and sacred obligations to which he had bound himself voluntarily by most solemn vows. At which point, he started his campaign against the Church and attached the Pope and Christ's Church as "corrupt in its very constitution"; that from the temple of God is had become "a synagogue of Satan"; that its visible head, the Pope, was "Antichrist," and that "the Papacy must be destroyed." He contended in a pamphlet that the Papacy is "an institution of the devil': and he abused all Popes, Bishops, priests, monks, and Catholics in general, in the coarsest and most brutal manner. Possessed of a satanical hatred of all authority save what he claimed for himself, he imagined that the Church was all wrong and should be cast aside as a human invention, despite the fact that her Founder was Jesus Christ, who promised the assistance of the Holy Ghost to protect her from error and who declared He would preserve her to the end of time to spread the glad tidings of Redemption.
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What was the effect of excommunicating Luther?
The Pope excommunicated Martin Luther in 1520. However, the Elector of Saxony declined to enforce the Bull of Excommunication, which Luther publicly burnt in the university at Wittenberg. In 1521 the Pope issued a further Bull against Luther and called upon the Emperor to enforce it. Instead, Charles called a Diet at Worms. Luther was called upon to recant, but adamantly refused.
What did the publication of martin luther's nintey-five theses attack?
The pope didn't win.
How did Pope Leo X punish Martin Luther?
Like a good Father, Pope Leo X attempted to reason with Martin Luther, and even offered him safe conduct to Rome so that they could meet personally, and discuss Luther's "issues". All attempts at reconciliation and even friendly gestures from Luther's superiors, of which the pope was the highest on earth, were, not just rebuffed, but actually belittled by M. Luther, which is just beyond comprehension. At the links below you will find two Papal Bulls by Pope Leo X, the first, Exsurge Domine is the Bull he issued condemning the errors of Martin Luther on 15 June 1520; the second, Decet Romanum Pontificem is the Bull of Excommunication of Martin Luther and all his followers issued on 3 January 1521.
Did Pope Leo X excommunicate Martin Luther?
While Luther did have some legitimate complaints which the pope refused to address, he was also teaching a number of things that were considered heretical by the Church. When he refused to recant these teachings, the pope excommunicated him.
Whom did Martin Luther debate at the university of Leipzig?
Martin Luther debated with Johann Eck, a Catholic scholar who disagreed with Luther's theses. He (Eck) originally was going to debate with Carlstadt, one of Luther's friends, however Luther tagged along to the debate and interjected himself into the debate. During this debate, Eck accused Luther of believing in the theories of Jon Hus, an early reformer in Bohemia who was accused of heresy and burned at the stake. Luther eventually admitted that Hus was correct in his theories of following Scripture and going against practices such as Indulgences. Also in the course of the debate, Luther admitted that church Councils and even the Pope could be wrong and that only the Scriptures were correct.
How did Martin Luther King Jr. challenge the pope?
Martin Luther King did not challenge the pope.
Who made Martin Luther as the representative of the pope?
Martin Luther was never made a representative of the pope.
Who was the pope that declared Luther a heritic?
Pope Leo X, who was pope from March 9, 1513, to December 1, 1521, excommunicated Luther.
Did Luther make an attempt at reconciliation with the pope?
Martin Luther stated he would only reconcile with the Pope if the Pope accepted his 95 Theses in their entirety. On meeting with the Pope, the Pope accepted only a fraction of them which caused Martin Luther to break with the Communion of Rome.
Did the pope expel Luther from the Church because his teachings were different?
The pope excommunicated Luther because his teachings were heretical.
Why was Martin Luther a threat to the pope?
He was not a threat at all to the pope
Who was the Pope during Martin Luther's thesis?
The Pope during Martin Luther's posting of the Ninety-Five Theses was Pope Leo X.
Pope who excomunicated maritn Luther in 1520?
I think it was Pope Leo X.
Was Luther a pope?
a monk with a lot of questions.
Why did the pope wait to excommunicate Martin Luther?
He waited, because Luther had many people's attention and sympathies. The pope was hoping to pressure Luther to recant, so that his sympathizers would run to the Church of the pope. If Luther was excommunicated outright, those "followers" would likely stay with Luther and reject the imposed papal authority. When Luther was clear that he maintained his stand, he was excommunicated and many Christians went with him.
What were Pope Leo X's talents?
excommincated luther
Did Luther criticize Pope Leo X?
yes
