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Martin Luther
Questions concerning Martin Luther, the theologian. His history, work, and rise to prominence in the Protestant Reformation.
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How did Martin Luther feel about the doctrine of transubstantiation?
Martin Luther believed that the body and blood of Christ really was present in the bread and wine of the sacrament.
What was one of the martian Luther's main ideas?
One idea was that salvation was a gift from God and that it was not good works that saved a person. It was repentance and turning away from sin. Luther was a good man.
What did Martin Luther want to achieve most?
-to improve racial problems in the us
-for everyone[black&white] live together in peace.
-for black and white children to go to the same school
How did Martin Luther change the world?
He successfully challenged the Papacy's monopoly grip on organized Christianity in Central and Western Europe. Those who had tried this before, like Wycliffe (1325(?)-1384) and Hus (1369-1415) and their followers, had ended up in very serious trouble. (Hus was burnt at the stake in 1415 on the orders of Catholic bishops despite a solemn promise of safety). As in the case of Wycliffe and Hus, Luther's original intention was to reform the Church, not to split it (hence the word Reformation). The split occurred when it became obvious that reform within the Church was impossible (Augsburg Confession [of Faith] 1530). Luther campaigned against many late medieval abuses in the Catholic Church. Among his important achievements were the rejection of the authority of the Pope, the enhancement of the authority of scripture and the translation of the Bible into German. Luther's success owed much to changed historical circumstances. There were now secular rulers who backed reform and opposed Papal authority, including Luther's own prince - the Elector of Saxony, for example. Nearly all the Free Cities of the Holy Roman Empire supported reform, too. The Reformation went much further than Luther had ever intended and saw the rise of Calvin and Anabaptists and so forth - but that is another story.
Martin Luther changed the world by challenging the Catholic church and declaring that their corruption and greed were not part of real Christianity. He created his own church, which was the start of Protestantism.
Why was Martin Luther unhappy with the Catholic church?
Luther had many complaints against the Roman Catholic Church.
He made a list of his grievances called the 95 theses and pinned them to the church door. These were intended only for scholars as it was written in Latin (the language of the scholars) but soon it was translated into German and was circulated among the people.
One of Luther's biggest problems with the church was the selling of indulgences. People believed they could buy their way out of sin without any faith aspect at all. Johann Tetzel said, "As soon as the coin in the coffer rings, a soul from Purgatory springs." Luther believed that indulgences were not right and biblical and would not bring people to heaven. He accused the church of leaving people in their sin instead of showing them the way to heaven.
Luther believed that you could not get to heaven by doing good works but by faith and faith alone.
amazing answer, was very helpful
that the church sold indulgences
Where did Martin Luther the Protestant die?
Martin Luther of the Middle ages died at age of 63yrs
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Martin was born in 1929 ans was assinated in 1968 so therfore he was 39 yrs old
What things did martin Luther say?
—Salvation is gained by faith alone
—Jesus is the head of the church
—The Bible is the sole source of religious truth
—Only God can forgive sins
—The Bible should be in English (not Latin)
Where did Martin Luther first announced his opposition to the Catholic Church?
The chruch was too rich:
The church owned about one third of all of the land in England. An ordinary peasant had to give 10% of their harvest ( a tithe) to the priest every year. Some felt that the bishops, priests and monks lived in luxury whilst the poor suffered.
The priest didn't lead a very holy life:
Soem priests had a few jobs and neglected their work. Villagers once told the Bishop of Hereford.
'The priest put his horses and sheep in the churchyard... he was away for 6 weeks and made no arrangement for a substitute. Sir John (the priest) spends his time in the taverns (pubs) and there his tongue is loosened to the scande of everyone. He is living with a woman Margaret and he cannot read nor write and so cannot look after the parishers' souls'
Ordinary people did not think soem priests were setting a very good example to the people living in the village or town.
Ordinary people couldn't understand church services:
The Bible was written in Latin and the church services were held in this language as well. People said they found it difficult to feel close to God if they couldn't understand what was being said in church.
Poor People couldn't afford indulgences:
When a person died, they went to heaven or hell. It was thought you passed through a place called purgatory on the way. In purgatory, people believed you were punished for any sins you may of commited whilst you were alive. It wasn't meant to be a nice place to stay very long. When you were alive, you could buy indulgences from a bishop. This meant that you travelled through purgatory quicker. Rich people could buy lots of indulgences. Poor people didn't think it was fair. They thought that they were being punished for being poor.
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Catholic AnswerMartin Luther basically was angry with the Catholic Church because he was a very misguided soul who could not reconcile his life with the teachings of Christ. So he changed the teachings of Christ in order to not feel guilty about the way he lived. There were things wrong with the Church at the time, but you do not leave the Church that Jesus Christ founded because its members are sinning and form your own. Martin Luther, on the other hand, had, after years of prayer and reflection, made solemn vows of lifelong poverty, chastity, and obedience. He then left his monastery without even asking permission, and proceeded to violate everyone of his vows in a very public, disgusting way: throwing away his salvation with both hands, and dragging others with him. He was angry with the Catholic Church as they were trying to hold him to a moral life that Our Blessed Lord requested of him, and he vowed himself to, and they were holding him to it, and he didn't want to follow it..
from Radio Replies, by Fathers Rumble and Carty, 1942
221 The power of Romanism was shattered by Martin Luther, of immortal memory.
Martin Luther is undoubtedly an outstanding figure in history. But the immortal memory of Luther will become less and less pleasant as the facts concerning him become known. Those who idealize Luther can do so only by ignoring an immense amount of inconvenient information. He was a priest of the Catholic Church, but one who was not faithful to his obligations even as a Christian. On his own admissions he was a victim of both immorality and drunkenness; and he was the most intolerant of men. Far from granting liberty of conscience, he refused to allow anyone to think differently from himself, and coolly said, "Whoever teaches otherwise than I teach is a child of hell.
Impact of martin Luther on Christianity?
He created "Lutheranism", a sect of Christianity which challenged the Church (Christianity was effectively only Catholic at this time), Papal infallibility, and expressed the view that people, as individuals, were able to seek salvation through Christ without the mediation of a preist (ie confession).
Why did the Church sell more indulgences during the Renaissance?
The Church never did. "Pardoners"who often were not even priests did, along with a few bad priests, such as the Dominican monk named Johann Tetzel. Tetzel is reported to have been the inspiration for Martin Luther's 95 Thesis.
The sale of a Spiritual thing is known as Simony, after Simon from the bible. See the related link. Find out more about the sin of simony in the related link.
To have sold a indulgence is a unspeakably grave mortal sin, one of the worst spiritual sins one could ever commit, and the Church never has this acknowledged this as an acceptable practice.
It's a classic mistake (or rather a Protestant myth) of assuming corruption within theCchurch, was corruption of the Church.
Where did Martin Luther King die?
Martin Luther King, Jr. died April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee, after an assassination. He was shot while on a balcony at the Lorraine Hotel.
What is the connection between Martin Luther and Mormons?
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the "Mormon" Church) and Lutherans share many common beliefs. Both groups believe that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world and the only way that mankind can receive Salvation. Both believe that the Bible is the Word of God. Both also believe that salvation comes in and through Jesus Christ. Both believe in the communion or Lord's supper (Mormons call it 'the sacrament') and both believe in baptism - although they might differ in how these ordinances are performed.
When was Martin Luther an ordained priest?
Martin Luther never became a monk, he became a friar. On July 2, 1505 Martin Luther was almost hit by lightning during a thunder storm and was so terrified that he made a vow to become a monk. He joined an Augustinian Friary two weeks later on July 17.
What was Martin Luthers kids names?
Martin Luther King Jr. had two siblings a younger brother, Alfred Daniel Williams King and an elder sister, Willie Christine King.
If you are asking about his father, Martin Luther King Sr. , than he was brother of 9 siblings.
Who killed Martin Luther King Jr. and why?
James Earl Ray assassinated Dr. King.
The reason his did that was never clearly established. Some believe it was because he didn't like what Dr. King was doing, because he was a racist, because he was paid to do it, or some combnation of those reasons.
Can you explain the Edict of Worms?
The Diet of Worms in 1521 was an assembly of the Holy Roman Empire. It was held at Heylshof Garden in the city of Worms.
The assembly ended with the Edict of Worms which declared Luther to be a heretic and banned the reading or possession of his writings.
What was Martin Luther charged with?
The initial aim of Martin Luther, professor of biblical studies and Augustine monk, was limited 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."
Did Pope Leo X excommunicate Martin Luther?
While Luther did have some legitimate complaints which the pope refused to address, he was also teaching a number of things that were considered heretical by the Church. When he refused to recant these teachings, the pope excommunicated him.
What are 4 differences between the Catholic church and Luther's teachings?
What happend between the 16th and 17th century?
Nothing whatsoever. The 16th century ended at midnight on December 31, 1600. The 17th century started a millisecond later.
What year did Martin Luther start the Protestant Reformation?
The beginning of the "Protestant movement" is more commonly known as The Reformation, or The Protestant Reformation.
It's not easy to say exactly when Protestantism began (or when the Reformation began), because several things contributed to it, and they didn't all happen at the same time. The most common dating begins in 1517 when an Augustinian monk called Martin Luther brought things to a head by publishing his Ninety-Five Theses (Wikipedia link).
He was protesting against (among other things) the Roman Catholic Church's selling of indulgences. Indulgences were a way of paying money to have sins forgiven, and in 1517 the then pope, Leo X, started selling indulgences to raise money to rebuild St Peter's Basilica (cathedral) in Rome.
Luther reacted against this blatant abuse with his 95 Theses, which he nailed to the church door, as an invitation to start a debate. The church had a big problem with this, because the as indulgences were authorised by the Pope, Luther was effectively challenging the Pope's authority, and saying that the Pope could not forgive sins, only God could. This did not go down well! When Luther repeatedly stuck to his position the church excommunicated him, and he was outlawed by the emperor. He would have been killed, but was abducted and protected by the Frederick 3rd, Elector of Saxony.
The Reformation took some years to get going, and happened at slightly different times in different countries and cities. For example, the English reformation took place between 1529 and 1536.
Protestantism's two most important doctrines or beliefs were (and still are):
1. "sola scriptura" - the Bible, and only the bible, is Christians' final authority in all things. (The Catholic Church believed in the ultimate authority of the Bible AND of the Church. That's why the protestants used the term "sola scriptura" - ONLY scripture, not the church's authority too).
2. "sola fide" - justification by faith alone - which means that we can be forgiven by God and considered righteous by Him not because we deserve it (we don't), but ONLY by faith in Jesus Christ's death on the cross, where he took the punishment we deserved. This belief contrasted with the Catholic belief that our good deeds are also necessary for us to be 'justified' (considered righteous) before God, implying that Jesus Christ's death for us on the cross was not enough.
For further reading, there are several articles on Wikipedia, e.g. see link below:
There are also more easily readable accounts on the internet and in print, e.g. an encyclopeadia should have one.
How did Henry Vlll and Martin Luther change the Church?
Of course, King Henry VIII and Martin Luther were instrumental in the formation of the Protestant churches. This would not necessarily change the parent, Catholic Church but it did, in a way they could not have anticipated.
Prior to the Reformation, the Catholic Church had a spiritual monopoly in western Europe and could demand absolute allegiance. The creation of new and sustainable Churches protected by powerful kings and princes changed all this. There was no longer a universal monopoly, and the Catholic Church had to adapt to the new reality, which it did at an astonishingly slow pace.
The Catholic Church still held a spiritual monopoly in countries where Catholicism was the major faith, and it continued to exercise that monopoly. As recently as 1864, Pius IX published the Syllabus of Errors, stating that where Catholics are in the minority, they have the right to public worship, but where others faiths are in the minority, they have no right to public worship because only the true faith has the right to public worship.
Finally, in 1965, the Church came to the realisation that it would no longer be possible to force all people to believe and practise the one faith, even where Catholicism was the majority faith. The Second Vatican Council pronounced the right of all to religious liberty, recognising their right to worship in whatever way they wished. Almost five hundred years after the time of Henry VIII and Luther, the change was complete.
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Catholic AnswerThe change that Henry VIII and Martin Luther contributed to, although unintentionally, was the Catholic reform which peaked with the Council of Trent, and continued for several centuries. A major result, again unintentional, was that the Church became to a certain extent insular and reactionary, fearful of the protestant heresies. And they both certainly gave a huge impetuous to education and missionary work whose prime example was the Society of Jesus, which came into existence primarily to fight the heresy brought about by Henry VIII and Martin Luther. Many Jesuits were martyred in England in the century beginning with Henry's apostasy..
from the Catholic Encyclopedia
The term Counter-Reformation denotes the period of Catholic revival from the pontificate of Pope Pius IV in 1560 to the close of the Thirty Years' War, 1648. The name, though long in use among Protestant historians, has only recently been introduced into Catholic handbooks. The consequence is that it already has a meaning and an application, for which a word with a different nuance should perhaps have been chosen. For in the first place the name suggests that the Catholic movement came after the Protestant; whereas in truth the reform originally began in the Catholic Church, and Luther was a Catholic Reformer before he became a Protestant. By becoming a Protestant Reformer, he did indeed hinder the progress of the Catholic reformation, but he did not stop it.
from A Catholic Dictionary, edited by Donald Attwater, Second edition, revised 1957
The Counter-Reformation is the name given to the Catholic movement of reform and activity which lasted for about one hundred years from the beginning of the Council of Trent (q.v., 1545), and was the belated answer to the threatening confusion and increasing attacks of the previous years. It was the work principally of the Popes St. Pius V and Gregory XIII and the Council itself in the sphere of authority, of SS. Philip Neri and Charles Borromeo in the reform of the clergy and of life, of St. Ignatius and the Jesuits in apostolic activity of St. Francis Xavier in foreign missions, and of St. Teresa in the purely contemplative life which lies behind them all. But these were not the only names nor was it a movement of a few only; the whole Church emerged from the 15th century purified and revivified. On the other hand, it was a reformation rather than a restoration; the unity of western Christendom was destroyed; the Church militant (those still on earth) led by the Company of Jesus adopted offence as the best means of defence and, though she gained as much as she lost in some sense, the Church did not recover the exercise of her former spiritual supremacy in actuality.
from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980A period of Catholic revival from 1522 to about 1648, better know as the Catholic Reform. It was an effort to stem the tide of Protestantism by genuine reform within the Catholic Church. There were political movements pressured by civil rules, and ecclesiastical movements carried out by churchmen in an attempt to restore genuine Catholic life by establishing new religious orders such as the Society of Jesus and restoring old orders to their original observances, such as the Carmelites under St. Teresa of Avila (1515-98). The main factors responsible for the Counter Reformation, however, were the papacy and the council of Trent (1545-63). Among church leaders St. Charles Borromeo (1538-84), Archbishop of Milan, enforced the reforms decreed by the council, and St. Francis de Sales of Geneva (1567-1622) spent his best energies in restoring genuine Catholic doctrine and piety. Among civil rulers sponsoring the needed reform were Philip II of Spain (1527-98) and Mary Tudor (1516-58), his wife, in England. Unfortunately this aspect of the reformation led to embitterment between England and Scotland, England and Spain, Poland and Sweden, and to almost two centuries of religious wars. As a result of the Counter Reformation, the Catholic Church became stronger in her institutional structure, more dedicated to the work of evangelization, and more influential in world affairs.
