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A Christian who protested against the Catholic Church?

Martin Luther was the one who protested against the catholic church (pope) for selling indulgences.


What made Martin Luther an outlaw and heretic?

Luther's greatest heresy was to criticise the Catholic Church for selling indulgences. Prierias, Master of the Papal Palace, then declared any challenge to the sale of indulgences heretical.Luther soon began to call into question many of the practices and theology of the Catholic Church. There was to be no compromise and, unable to have Luther captured, tried and executed, Pope Leo excommunicated him.


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.


Why did luther appeal to the princes?

Luther to the faith to the people, being against the bloated powerhouse that was then the church, telling everyone what, when, how, where and who. The church believed the peasants were too ignorant to decide for themselves and so told them what to believe. Luther believed in personal faith. Luther made the Bible available to them in a language they could understand, as the Catholic church kept the Word of God in Latin which was the language of the educated only. Also, through the selling of indulgences, the poor were exploited by the Catholic church, and Luther sought to liberate them from this.

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A Christian who protested against the Catholic Church?

Martin Luther was the one who protested against the catholic church (pope) for selling indulgences.


What made Martin Luther an outlaw and heretic?

Luther's greatest heresy was to criticise the Catholic Church for selling indulgences. Prierias, Master of the Papal Palace, then declared any challenge to the sale of indulgences heretical.Luther soon began to call into question many of the practices and theology of the Catholic Church. There was to be no compromise and, unable to have Luther captured, tried and executed, Pope Leo excommunicated him.


What declaration caused Martin Luther to be excommunicated from the Catholic Church?

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.


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 Martin Luther's background like?

Martin Luther was a German monk in the Catholic Church. He became disgruntled with the practices of the church, specifically the selling of indulgences (pardons for sin for money) and started the Protestant Movement and formed the Lutheran Church.


What did the catholic church do that made martin Luther mad?

The Church was selling "pardon" for sins for money. They were called indulgences. (This was actually a sin itself - called simony)


Why did protestant reformation spread?

Martin Luther, and others before him, was sickened by the corruption that was rife in the Catholic Church. The tipping point was the selling of indulgences by the Catholic Church. The reformation spread because many people were dissatisfied with the Catholic Church and could see the hypocrisy that was throughout all levels of the Catholic 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.


Why did luther appeal to the princes?

Luther to the faith to the people, being against the bloated powerhouse that was then the church, telling everyone what, when, how, where and who. The church believed the peasants were too ignorant to decide for themselves and so told them what to believe. Luther believed in personal faith. Luther made the Bible available to them in a language they could understand, as the Catholic church kept the Word of God in Latin which was the language of the educated only. Also, through the selling of indulgences, the poor were exploited by the Catholic church, and Luther sought to liberate them from this.