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Why did Martin Luther challenge papal infallibility?
Martin Luther was against the purchase of "indulgences" which were granted as absolution for sinful acts for a "donation" priced according to the level of the offense.
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 did martin Luther protest for?
There were a lot of things wrong with the church at the time of martin luther. He was a monk and scholar and he didn't agree with the church on a lot of things. The church sold bits of paper called indulgences to the people and told them that if they bought them they would go to heaven. Martin Luther wrote the 95 theses and nailed them to the door of wittenburg church. The 95 theses were all the things he thought wrong with the church. Pope Leo X was disgusted by his actions and sent him a papal bull, a formal letter excommunicating him from the church. Martin Luther burned it in front of the public. Martin Luther wanted the church to correct itself because they were cheating the people and giving them false belief.
What did the pope and the catholic church do to martin Luther?
The Pope issued a papal bull threatening to excommunicate Luther if he did not recant in 90 days. Luther is said to have burned copies of the bull. Luther was excommunicated and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was told to kill him on charges of heresy. Charles summoned him to Worms (verms) to be examined. Luther was declared a heretic. Luther had thirty days to return home before being declared an outlaw. On the way back to Wittenburg Luther was kidnapped by his friend a prince of Germany. the prince took him to a castle where luther lived in safety and translated the New Testament into German. Because Charles was busy with foreign affairs Luther was not bothered for the remainder of his life which he spent mostly in Wittenburg.
What was the pope's response to ninety-five Theses?
The pope's responses to Martin Luther, and his ninety-five theses is covered in The Cleaving of Christendom, by Warren H. Carroll starting on page 8, and running off and on through page 189. In mid-June of 1518, the papal procurator, Mario de Perusco, made a formal charge of heresy against Luther for denying the existence of the treasury of grace and questioning the authority of the Pope. Pope Leo X had ordered Martin Luther to Rome to answer the charges, when Luther manifested that he had no intention on obeying the summons (contrary to his freely taken vow of obedience) the Pope responded by having his legate declare Luther a notorious heretic, and bring him before the German Diet in Augsburg - by arrest, if necessary. On October 12 Luther and Carinal Cajetan met and Luther was instructed to recant two propositions: 1) that the Church does not hold a treasury of graces from Christ and the saints from which to dispense indulgences; and 2) that the sacraments of the Church are efficacious only by faith, and not by their own operation. The Cardinal argued by the authority of St. Thomas Aquinas, whom Martin Luther despised, and Luther insisted that he must be convinced by Scripture, the Fathers, papal definitions, or sound reason. Cardinal Cajetan promptly cited the bull Unigenitus by Pope Clement VI. Luther promptly condemned Unigenitus and withdrew his stated willingness to accept papal definitions - they ended up shouting. Finally, the Pope issued the bull Exsurge Domine specifically condemning the errors of Martin Luther, on June 15, 1520, the following year on January 3, 1521, he issued the bull, Decet Romanum Pontificemexcommunicating Martin Luther, the heretic, and his Followers. See links below.
What did Luther do with the papal bull of excommunication?
Martin Luther burned the papal bull of excommunication
What can papal pardons do or not do according to Martin Luther?
According to Martin Luther, papal pardons can not grant forgiveness for sins or save a person's soul. Luther believed that true forgiveness and salvation could only come from God through faith and repentance, not through the purchase of indulgences.
Why did Martin Luther challenge papal infallibility?
Martin Luther was against the purchase of "indulgences" which were granted as absolution for sinful acts for a "donation" priced according to the level of the offense.
When did Martin Luther take over the Christian church?
Martin Luther never took over the Christian Church, he was excommunicated from it in 1521 in the bull Decet Romanum Pontificem: Papal Bull on the Condemnation and Excommunication of Martin Luther, the Heretic, and his Followers, January 3, 1521.
How does Luther attack papal pardons from a religious standpoint?
It would seem the Martin Luther attacked papal pardons from a position of ignorance as careful reading, say of his 95 Theses, seems to indicate the Martin Luther, himself, did not understand what indulgences actually are, and his followers certainly did not. Martin Luther, despite his supposed position as a teacher of theology never evidences a real understanding of Catholic Theology, but, instead, manifests a vast ignorance of Catholic theology. His arguments are only sad, and the fact that people followed him out of the Church on the strength of his arguments is even sadder.
Why was martin Luther and declared a heretic?
Martin Luther, professor of biblical studies and Augustine monk, initially sought to reform in the use of indulgences. In response, Prierias, Master of the Papal Palace, declared any challenge to the sale of indulgences heretical. Luther proceeded to deny the infallibility of the pope and of General Councils, for which the pope excommunicated him in 1520. However, the Elector of Saxony declined to enforce the Bull of Excommunication, which Luther publicly burnt in the university at Wittenberg. One of the forty one heresies and "pestiferous errors" of which he was accused was the opinion that "the burning of heretics is against the will of the Holy Spirit."
Why did martin Luther burn the papal bull?
Luther burned the papal bull, because that was the best thing to do. Seriously! Since the papacy had for many centuries been the seat of hypocrites who lived in open or hidden sin, the word of the pope carried no more weight than the grunting of a pig. Why bother about a papal bull? Rather burn it to show your contempt for all that its author stands for.
When Luther received the papal bull what did he do immediately?
Burned it
What action by Martin Luther led the way to the Reformation and what was he protesting?
Martin Luther, on Reformation Day, October 31, nailed his Augsberg Confession to the door of the church setting off the Reformation. The Protestant Reformation had 48 articles of disagreement with the Roman Catholic Church including indulgences, papal authority and salvation as a gift.
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.
How did Martin Luther's actives hurt the church?
Martin Luther was responsible of putting his 95 theses in the church of Witenburg and he also burned the Papal bull issued by the pope in front of a large crowd. He was invited to the diet of the worms but he still refused to recant his ideas. His activities has made chaos in the church, and even the pope had to make a move.
How was Martin Luther perceived at the time?
At the time that he lived, Martin Luther was perceived as a dangerous heretic who was seeking to flee from God and the faith as God presents it in His Church; as well as leading others into heresy and out of the Church. He was pointedly offered many ways of returning to the faith and making amends for his heresy, but, when he rejected them all, he was excommunicated, along with his followers.Decet Romanum Pontificem - Papal Bull on the Condemnation and Excommunication of Martin Luther, the Heretic, and his Followers, January 3, 1521.Exsurge Domine - CONDEMNING THE ERRORS OF MARTIN LUTHER Bull of Pope Leo X issued June 15, 1520
