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Martin Luther was against the pope's idea of selling indulgences. He was not against the catholic faith. There are no mistakes in the catholic church.

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Indeed, Martin Luther was not looking for mistakes: he had been brought up and trained in the Catholic church, and sought earnestly for the Truth as taught by Christ. No one denomination is infallible, for the simple reason that the people who organise and lead the various denominations are not infallible, and Luther died still regarding himself as a Catholic. He did not leave the church because of any perceived "mistakes", but he was excommunicated for his later actions.

One of Luther's biggest struggles was with the Church's demands of the time that one could only earn favour with God through good works. Through his in-depth study of the Scriptures, he reached the conclusion that salvation is a gift of God's grace, received by faith alone and by trust in Christ's death on the cross as the only means to that salvation. It was this and his objection to the sale of indulgences that led him to question the teachings of the Roman Catholic church: in particular, the nature of penance, the authority of the pope and the usefulness of indulgences.

Luther was not looking for mistakes.

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