What were Luther's grievances with the Catholic Church?

Answer 1

Martin Luther strongly objected to the practice of indulgences (paying money to the Church for freedom from sins). He also believed that salvation is through God's grace and not through good deeds.

Answer 2

Martin Luther grievances were mainly with the Catholic Church’s stand on preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ and calling him to repent and give up his sin. (Mark 1:15, John 8:11) M. Luther did not want to give up his sins, so he made up an entirely new religion in which he could go and sin all he wanted and God would forgive him. To do this, he had to throw numerous books out of the Bible, although other protestants put the books back in the New Testament, they still don’t have them in the Old Testament. All of the Christian doctrines having to do with sin, overcoming sin, and overcoming the effects of sin: all of them had to be jettisoned from M. Luther’s religion. The books that he could not throw out, such as the letters of St. Paul, he edited in an effort to make them say what he wanted. M. Luther dreamed up his own religion out of thin air to suit himself, as Christianity was too hard for him to abide, so he made up his own religion which he, himself, said that God would save him no matter how much he sinned because he had made up his mind to have it so. Talk about the power of positive thinking! To try and bolster his position, he threw books out of the Old Testament and tried to throw books out of the New Testament as well. In other words, he couldn't abide the Church's teaching, so he based his version of Christianity on the Bible alone, then adjusted the Bible to agree with himself:

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In one incident he translated Romans 8:28 as "We hold that man is justified without works of the law by faith alone." His answer to Emser's exposition of his perversion of the text was: "If your P*pist annoys you with the word [alone], tell him straightway: Dr. Martin Luther will have it so: P*pist and ass are one and the same thing. Whoever will not have my translation, let him give it the go-by: the devil's thanks to him who censures it without my will and knowledge. Luther will have it so, and he is a doctor above all the doctors in Popedom." (Amic. Discussion, 1, 127). {Please note that the WikiAnswers computer will not allow me to quote Martin Luther's word for Catholics, so I have replaced it with P*pist you have to supply the "a" yourself.}

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Other reformers at that time did not agree with him on the New Testament and they put those books back in their Bible. The Council of Trent reaffirmed the Church's constant teaching on the Bible and the books it contains. M. Luther’s grievances are really too embarrassing to face the light of day for an honest person.

Answer 3

Martin Luther's main objection was that he protested the sale of indulgences. Martin believed indulgences should not be allowed especially if they were being sold by the pope.

Answer

Martin Luther's main objections are summarized in his "95 Theses" which are attached below. These are an amazing collection of different objections that range from the patently absurd to accepted Church doctrine. In the end, their only real result was to showcase the ignorance of "Dr." Martin Luther, who should have know better before he ever posted this collection of ignorance.