Martin Luther

Martin Luther was not the only person involved in reformation other people such as Jan Hus, Peter Waldo, and John Wycliffe had made attempts at reforming the Catholic Church

The selling/abuse of indulgences was a concern of Luther. The reform movement really gained momentum When Martin Luther wrote and made public "The Ninety-Five Theses". This was a list of questions and propositions (mainly about the abuse of indulgences) for public debate.

There were many other teachings and practices of the Late Medieval Catholic Church that Luther and others were not happy with. For example, on a visit to Rome in 1510 Luther was greatly disappointed with the state of religion in Rome.

"He was favourably struck, indeed, with the business administration and police regulations of the papal court, but shocked by the unbelief, levity and immorality of the clergy. Money and luxurious living seemed to have replaced apostolic poverty and self-denial. He saw nothing but worldly splendour at the court of Pope Julius II., who had just returned from the sanguinary siege of a town conducted by him in person". - History of the Christian Church by Philip Schaff

Luther also believed the scriptures should be available for the common people to read, he translated the Bible into everyday German.

"Luther did not have in view the existence of an autonomous church alongside of the existing church. He desired the renewal of the church. He sought for good pastoral care, formulated the necessity for a better theology and expressed a desire for biblical piety". - Dr. Frank van der Pol from Christelijke Encyclopedie, (Kampen, 2005).

Martin Luther helped start the reformation of the Catholic church. On October 31, 1517, Luther posted his 95 theses on the door of the Whitenburg Cathedral (which seems rather bold; however, many people would post things on church doors--a lot like how people post discussion topics on a forum) that discussed the sale of indulgences. (An indulgence is payment of a sin--much like a penance--and they were bought to save people from purgatory. The sale of indulgences was used to fund the construction of St. Peter's Cathedral, sold at different prices to people of different social statuses, and also sold for people that had already died.) Luther taught that salvation was by faith alone and that scripture was the final authority for Christians, not the pope.

Martin Luther eliminated 5 of the 7 sacraments : he only kept communion and baptism

and he eliminated: confirmation, matrimony, holy orders, anointing of the sick, penance.

For fifteen centuries, the Church had taught Christianity, excommunicated heretics, and shepherded the Christian faithful throughout life. Martin Luther was an Augustinian friar who was under voluntary obedience to his religious superiors, and voluntary obedience to his Bishop, he was also under religious vows, which he had taken as an adult, after years of reflection, before God in Church. He left his Friary, left his Order, denied his priesthood, denied his religious heritage and led other people out of the Church and opposed the religious authorities and the Holy Father in Rome. His language is not fit to be repeated, Martin Luther was a coarse, irreverent, man who broke all of his vows, publicly ridiculed the authorities, and hid. He then proceeded to make up his own religion from scratch.

Martin Luther believed that Christians are saved by faith alone in Christ alone.

He made white people and black people be treated the same.

Martin Luther was concerned about certain practices in the Catholic Church such as the selling of indulgences to free the soul from purgatory.

Martin Luther wrote the 95 Theses in Latin because that was another thing he thought was wrong with the Catholic Church and posted them on the door of the Schlosskirche (Palais Church) in Wittenberg because he wanted to correct what he saw as the church's mistakes. Two students Luther taught reprinted the complaints in German so everyone understood them.

in October31,1517.

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Luther had come to believe that Christians are saved through faith and not through their own efforts. Luther became increasingly angry about the clergy selling 'indulgences' - promised remission from punishments for sin, either for someone still living or for one who had died and was believed to be in purgatory. On 31 October 1517, he published his '95 Theses', attacking papal abuses and the sale of indulgences. with money and balls in your mouth

He told them the truth: they were being greedy and almost entirely the opposite of what they should have been as Christian leaders. Nobody likes being told they are wrong, especially when they know it to be true and when people might start to realise and do something about it. In their case, the easiest way out was to simply excommunicate him and denounce him as a heretic, or an evildoer of many types.

The name of the yearly cycle that the Roman Catholic Church undergoes is called the Liturgical Year. There are several Liturgical Seasons celebrated during the Mass and throughout her Liturgy. They are written in order: Advent/Christmas, Ordinary Time, Lent/Easter, Pentecost (for one week, the Church offers Mass for Pentecost), and Ordinary Time. The Liturgical Year ends on the last week of Ordinary Time, on the feast of Christ the King. Then, the Liturgical Cycle begins again with Advent. It is noteworthy to mention that the Church creates a new Paschal Candle with the current year at the Easter Vigil, on the night before Easter Sunday. There is also a Cycle with the Gospels: Cycle A, Cycle B, Cycle C. In each of these cycles, which changes as does the Liturgical Year, different Gospel authors are read at the Liturgies. I hope this answers your question.

In 1517, when Martin Luther posted his Ninety-five Theses, he was a remarkably ignorant (for a professor of theology) man who was accusing the Church of things that it never believe in, or asking why they didn't believe in things, which, in reality, they already believed in. In 1535, he wrote his second commentary on Galatians in which he tried to prove and explain his "justification by faith alone" in which he asserts that Christ doesn't really changethe person, so much as He imputes righteousness to him. In other words, he is not arguing against the Catholic Church so much in 1535 as he is trying to explain his own ridiculous notions of salvation that he made up out of thin air, completely repudiating 1,500 years of Church teaching back to Christ's revelation to His Church. See links below:

The changes Martin Luther made to the catholic church were: They had to print the bible in more than one language. He also thought that people should not have to pay the church to ask for god's forgiveness for a sin. Remember this is not Martin Luther King Jr.

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Wait a minute - While Fr. Martin Luther was a Roman Catholic priest, it is absurd to think he singlehandedly change the Catholic Church!

Instead, he set about to create his own group - those who protested - and they became known as the Protestants. While the Catholic Church does NOT require anyone to pay the Church to ask for forgiveness, in the Middle Ages (much like today) there were corrupt people who took advantage of the poor and uneducated and charged a "fee" for an "indulgence." The uneducated people of the day saw indulgences as "get out of Hell free" cards.

In addition, Luther could not accept the Church's authority on issues of faith and morals. He could not believe in the doctrine of transubstantiation and decided that instead of having faith, he'd make a new church that was easier to follow and devoid of any of the difficult dogma of the Catholic Church.

Certainly Luther was right about the grievous sin of taking advantage of the uneducated and poor, he was wrong about Transubstantiation. He could have done the world a great deal of good had he worked for change from within instead of causing division.

Luther posted what has become known as his 95 Theses. These listed his concerns at some practices in the Catholic Church, especially the selling of indulgences to gain release from purgatory. A copy of them can be seen at the link below.

Attached below is a English copy of Martin Luther's 95 Theses which contain the Church practices that he was questioning, I think "outraged" might be a bit over the top. Most the practices he was questioning were connected with indulgences, pardons, and confession, however, a quick look through his 95 Theses even by a first year seminarian would quickly reveal that Martin Luther really didn't know what he was talking about, many of the things that he asked for were already Church teaching. I believe that the practice that Martin Luther was most upset about was the fact that the Church asked him to lead a moral life as Luther spent the rest of his life trying to justify why he didn't have to repent and reform his life.

Indulgences were what the church was selling, it was forgiveness.. people had to pay the church to be forgiven. Martin Luther objected to them because he belived that the church was wrong and that the bible had the last word, because it was the word of god. He belived that if someone was really sorry they would be forgiven.

The 95 Theses challenged the authority of the Roman Catholic church.

It was James Earl Ray an American criminal who was accused Murder, prison escape,armed robbery, and burglary.

On 12 April 1963, city officials issued a court injunction to prohibit the civil rights marches that were going on in Birmingham. Not to beaten, King lead a peaceful march and was arrested along with his fellow marchers. King was placed in solitary confinement for eight days and wrote the famous "Letter From Birmingham Jail"

He said that he would go to jail and he would go do so on a good Friday. On April 12 he was sent to a Birmingham jail and that was where he wrote the famous essay "Letter From Birmingham." He used toilet papers and the sides of the newspaper to answer the letter he got from a Priest, the letter was than published as an essay. king went to jail because he disobeyed the laws

Martin Luther fought for freedom, civil rights and fought against racism, discrimination and prejudice.

He is credited with it because he started a new church and he also was not the first reformer but he was the first one that actually lived and who was allowed to do it.

In a bit of hyperbole, This day in history writes: On October 31 in 1517, the priest and scholar Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, and nails a piece of paper to it containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation. You may read them at the link below, but be prepared, they are neither revolutionary nor did they start the protestant revolt, they were very Catholic theses for the most part.

Martin wrote the 95 theses because he believed that the church was wrong for making people who wanted to be forgave for there sins pay.

he was teaching about non violence