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Where did Martin Luther first announced his opposition to the Catholic Church?
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∙ 10y ago
The chruch was too rich:
The church owned about one third of all of the land in England. An ordinary peasant had to give 10% of their harvest ( a tithe) to the priest every year. Some felt that the bishops, priests and monks lived in luxury whilst the poor suffered.
The priest didn't lead a very holy life:
Soem priests had a few jobs and neglected their work. Villagers once told the Bishop of Hereford.
'The priest put his horses and sheep in the churchyard... he was away for 6 weeks and made no arrangement for a substitute. Sir John (the priest) spends his time in the taverns (pubs) and there his tongue is loosened to the scande of everyone. He is living with a woman Margaret and he cannot read nor write and so cannot look after the parishers' souls'
Ordinary people did not think soem priests were setting a very good example to the people living in the village or town.
Ordinary people couldn't understand church services:
The Bible was written in Latin and the church services were held in this language as well. People said they found it difficult to feel close to God if they couldn't understand what was being said in church.
Poor People couldn't afford indulgences:
When a person died, they went to heaven or hell. It was thought you passed through a place called purgatory on the way. In purgatory, people believed you were punished for any sins you may of commited whilst you were alive. It wasn't meant to be a nice place to stay very long. When you were alive, you could buy indulgences from a bishop. This meant that you travelled through purgatory quicker. Rich people could buy lots of indulgences. Poor people didn't think it was fair. They thought that they were being punished for being poor.
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Catholic AnswerMartin Luther basically was angry with the Catholic Church because he was a very misguided soul who could not reconcile his life with the teachings of Christ. So he changed the teachings of Christ in order to not feel guilty about the way he lived. There were things wrong with the Church at the time, but you do not leave the Church that Jesus Christ founded because its members are sinning and form your own. Martin Luther, on the other hand, had, after years of prayer and reflection, made solemn vows of lifelong poverty, chastity, and obedience. He then left his monastery without even asking permission, and proceeded to violate everyone of his vows in a very public, disgusting way: throwing away his salvation with both hands, and dragging others with him. He was angry with the Catholic Church as they were trying to hold him to a moral life that Our Blessed Lord requested of him, and he vowed himself to, and they were holding him to it, and he didn't want to follow it..
from Radio Replies, by Fathers Rumble and Carty, 1942
221 The power of Romanism was shattered by Martin Luther, of immortal memory.
Martin Luther is undoubtedly an outstanding figure in history. But the immortal memory of Luther will become less and less pleasant as the facts concerning him become known. Those who idealize Luther can do so only by ignoring an immense amount of inconvenient information. He was a priest of the Catholic Church, but one who was not faithful to his obligations even as a Christian. On his own admissions he was a victim of both immorality and drunkenness; and he was the most intolerant of men. Far from granting liberty of conscience, he refused to allow anyone to think differently from himself, and coolly said, "Whoever teaches otherwise than I teach is a child of hell.
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∙ 11y agoMartin Luther protested against the Church. He believed that the people should pray directly to God, instead of through the Church. He also believed that instead of giving indulgences to the Church, we should physically make up for our sins by working and not sin in the first place.
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∙ 8y agoAnother answer from our community:
Martin Luther complained about the Catholic Church because he could neither live with his vows as a monk or even live a moral life as the Catholic Church plainly told him he had to, to be saved. Instead of prayer and penance, as requested by Our Blessed Lord in the Gospel, he decided to change the religion and say that it wasn't necessary to live a moral life, or as Our Blessed Lord put it in the Gospel: St. Mark's Gospel 1:15 - "And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel."
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∙ 8y agoMartin Luther's complaints against the Catholic Church are well established and were published in the 95 theses he nailed to the door of the castle church in Wittenberg in 1517. His principal original complaint was that the sale of indulgences was a corrupt and immoral practice.
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∙ 15y agoThe main protest which sparked the Reformation was the 31 October 1517 posting of the 95 Thesis.
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∙ 11y agoAll Saints Church in Wittenberg, Germany was the location of Martin Luther's infamous dissertation called the 95 Theses.
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∙ 11y agoBecause of the Pope.
Because of the prohibition of clergy to marry
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∙ 14y agoprotestant reformation
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∙ 10y agoWittenberg
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Why was the Catholic Church threatened by Martin Luther?
.Catholic AnswerThe Catholic Church was never "threatened" by Martin Luther.
What was not a teaching of Martin Luther?
That the Catholic Church is the Body of Christ.
Who was Martin Luther the German monk?
He wasn't a monk. Martin Luther was a law student that questioned the Catholic Church. He was the start of the Protestant movement of the Christian Church.
Who can be a priest according to Martin Luther?
Martin Luther preached the priesthood of all baptized Christians, which, actually, is the teaching of the Catholic Church.
When Martin Luther challenged the authority of the church, he announced church corruption and church officials who led lavish lives. Why would Luther’s reforms appeal to some German princes?
As he expanded his critique into other areas of church policy and the conflict with Rome intensified. Luther's supporters in Germany's vibrant print ...
Why was the Catholic Church threatened by Martin Luther?
.Catholic AnswerThe Catholic Church was never "threatened" by Martin Luther.
What is name of church Luther attacked?
.Catholic AnswerThe Church was, and is, the Catholic Church.
How did Luther make his living when he criticized the catholic church?
Luther was a Catholic monk .
What was Luther Martin's religion?
He was Catholic, although his actions may define him as the first Protestant.Martin Luther was a Catholic, an Augustinian monk in fact, until his theological division with the teachings of the Catholic Church led him to break with it and found his own. There is somewhat of a controversy as to whether he considered he truly broke from the Church or if he considered himself to be Catholic though in opposition to the pope or whether he saw himself as founding a new church, which is now known as the Lutheran church.
What was the reward against Martin Luther for the Catholic Church?
The Catholic Church has never issued rewards for anybody. The only thing that the Catholic Church did to Martin Luther was to formalize his excommunication, see it at the link below:
Was Martin Luther King a Catholic?
No, Martin Luther King was a Baptist, a church which split off from the Church of England. It, as well as the Church of England, is considered as a Protestant denomination and not a part of the Catholic Church.
The German Catholic priest who wanted to reform the church?
Martin Luther was a Catholic monk who sought to reform the Catholic Church.
How many complaints did Martin Luther make about the Catholic church?
His grievances centered around the sale of "indulgences," luxuries which had been used by the Church to raise money since the early Middle Ages. In essence, a wealthy individual could donate a substantial tithe of money in order to have sins forgiven.
Why did the Catholic Church abduct little girls and was this one of Martin Luther's complaints?
The Catholic Church never abducted little girls and, no, this was not a complaint of Martin Luther.
When will the Catholic Church recognize Martin Luther as a saint for what he did for victims of the Catholic Church?
I hardly think the Catholic Church would proclaim him as a saint since the Church considers him to be a heretic.
Who stopped the war with Martin Luther and the Church?
.Catholic AnswerThere was never a "war" with Martin Luther and the Church, the question is not valid.
Who created the Lutheran church?
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.
