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Yup, he saw corruption, and wanted it to stop. He wasn't really trying to form a new religion - he was trying to reform Catholicism.

2006-06-17 06:40:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

First of all, Martin Luther is a proper name and should therefore be capitalized. Second of all, he protested against The Roman Catholic Church. And third of all, yes. His problem with the church was all of the man-made dogma and bologna associated with it. Lutheranism much more closely sticks to The Bible than does the Roman Catholic Church, although I've heard to it referred to as "Catholic Lite". Yes, I'm Lutheran.

2006-06-17 06:41:50 · answer #2 · answered by toolshopjohnny 2 · 0 0

Absolutely... Read "The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Reformation and Protestantism". The Church back then was suppressing knowledge, twisting The Truth, and extorting everyone's money.

BTW, the person who answered about Martin Luther King - wrong person. Though he was almost certainly named after Martin Luther, who lived in th 1500s

2006-06-17 06:44:16 · answer #3 · answered by al_howard1960 1 · 0 0

Yes. Martin Luther was a Catholic priest who was tired of the corruption of some in the church, particularly some officials. I believe he tried to do it on the inside, but when he was rejected he decided he'd have to do it on his own. Considering the power of the Church at that time, it was pretty brave. Does anyone know when or why he went mad at the end of his life?

2006-06-17 06:40:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

No he was not right. I am not making this part up Luther combined a type personality with depression.If Luther would have worked slower most of the changes he wanted would have taken place. What Luther did not know was that the Pope was in the process of getting a church council ready. May of what he wanted was addressed at the Council Of Trent.

2006-06-17 06:52:02 · answer #5 · answered by shakeragroad_2000 4 · 0 0

Yes as he was following through on what he believed to be the right thing to do through what he had learned and studied. As a result he did not think that the catholic church was interpreting things correctly, and broke away because of those findings. He was originally catholic himself but could not in good conscience continue to be. There have been many people who have done the same thing after searching the scriptures of their own religion regardless of what that religion was, and that is why there are so many out there to choose from.

2006-06-17 06:51:59 · answer #6 · answered by still learning at 56 5 · 0 0

Yes, Martin Luther himself was a monk/priest. God opened his eyes to immoral lives of the Catholic clergy of his time and Luther simply wanted to "REFORM" the Church not BREAK AWAY from it. Ultimately the clergy refused to conform to the teachings of scripture and continued in their evil lifestyles and therefore Luther was forced to break away. Martin Luther was never against the teachings of the Catholic Church (for the most part) he only wanted them to obeyed. so he took a stand.

2006-06-17 06:40:46 · answer #7 · answered by stpolycarp77 6 · 0 0

His protests adverse to the Catholic Church took many pages and accordingly are not any more some thing which could quite be distinct right here. The link below can take you to the english translations of his writings. the conventional objection i'd say replaced into holding the bible in a language the straightforward guy ought to no longer study. i think he felt by ability of doing so the Church ought to, and did, do some thing they wanted and no human being will understand if it replaced into incorrect.

2016-10-14 06:14:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Yes! Thanks to Martin Luther everyone is allowed to read the Bible in their own language. The Catholic Church did not want it printed in any language other than the original. God forbid that the common man would want to read the Bible. They might interpret it differently from the priests!

2006-06-17 07:22:50 · answer #9 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 0 0

Martin Luther advocated the forced exile of jews, often advocating violence against them and their property. After his "20 discussions with the catholic church", Martin Luther's most famous pamphlet was called, "The jews and their lies".

2006-06-17 06:43:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

History has shown us that when someone is not satisfied with the way a particular "thing" goes - if they are strong enough and led, they will try to change things. This process in our world has never ceased (look what the Europeans did by leaving.) Additionally, our churches and denominations have increased because someone has not liked the way something was done. In my heart, I believe only that the Word of God through Jesus Christ should be taught.

2006-06-17 06:39:29 · answer #11 · answered by THE SINGER 7 · 0 0

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