He attacked the indulgences, the idea that only the pope can read the bible, the idea that the church and the pope are infallible, and the idea that the Roman Church is supreme over other churches.
The protestant church started by Martin Luther was the Lutheran Church.
Luther Place Memorial Church was created in 1873.
they both agreed that church teachings should be based on the words of The Bible
.Catholic AnswerThe Catholic Church was never "threatened" by Martin Luther.
The church sold indulgences as if God grants favors based on price paid. Martin Luther protested this, and the Church tried to force him to recant those views. He refused.
Martin Luther reformed the church in Germany
.Catholic AnswerThe Church was, and is, the Catholic 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.
.Catholic AnswerThere was never a "war" with Martin Luther and the Church, the question is not valid.
They started a new Church: Luther's came to be named the Lutheran Church, Henry's was called the Church of England.
Basically because the Church was asking them to change their lives to conform to Christ's high moral standards. Martin Luther did not wish to do this, and when the Church wouldn't change, he left and founded his own "church". His "supporters" who were mostly the princes what is now northern Germany liked the idea of not sending tax revenue to Rome, so they got on board with a Church tailored to their individual wants.