Did the Catholic Church ever come to accept Luther's "95 Theses"?

Question

I went to a Catholic Church wtih a friend of mine, and I saw Martin Luther's hymn "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" in the hymn book. His name was not at the top like the others, but in tiny, tiny print at the bottom. It made me think of the "95 Theses." Does the Church still hate him for that, or have they accepted some of his calls for reform?

Answer 1

I can tell you that Luther's (and Zwingli's) works are honored as being the impetus of the "Counter Reformation" within the church.

Although I wouldn't hold my breath for his Sainthood, those in the Church today recognize his vision and contributions to the way we worship.

Answer 2

No, the catholic satanic cult will never accept Biblical Truth. The catholic church, in particular the jesuits, are responsible for all the abominations and cults in the world today: Revelation 17:5, Isaiah 23, 13, 26, Ezekiel 26, 27; Jeremiah 50, 51, etc. catholics think they can do what they want and that mere mortal men { or, in some case devils - John 6:70-71 } can forgive their sins. Ahm!! 1JOHN 2:1-2.
Many things have been said about Martin Luther. The best source I have found was a Lutheran historian and a born again Lutheran at that. He said Martin Luther told the dope pope and the satanic priests, monks, nuns, etc that the LORD JESUS CHRIST is the Only Mediator and the rest of you are donkeys!! He knew that, unless the LORD protected him, he would be burned at the stake. So Martin Luther won't get the martyr's crown as the LORD used him in many ways. www.jesus-is-savior.com http://nextaxpro.wordpress.com

Answer 3

As an American of (mostly) Scandinavian decent, I want to address the Viking thing a bit. I am not aware of any Scandinavian nation formally apologizing, (by the way, the Finnish were not Vikings, Vikings came from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Gotland which in now part of Sweden). However, there was a recreation of Viking Voyages a few years ago, they remade a longboat (maybe a few of them, I don't remember) and they made a somewhat apologetic statement saying that while they are proud that these boats were the Technological marvel of the 8 and 900s, they are not proud of any atrocities committed by Vikings, I think this was a Danish recreation, if memory serves. Also, the Viking era was a brutal time, the Saxons, Frank, and just about everyone else in Europe was pretty brutal at the time as well, I think we get more flack for it because we were the best at it.

Answer 4

The "95 theses" were very tame compared to luthers later works...which, if Catholicism admitted, would spell death for their organization. They have given "lip service" to Luther because they (Vatican) want ecumenical ties with all churchs, even (ecumenical) Lutherans...that resembly Luther's teachings like a fish does a bicycle.

Here's some of Luther's later work:

"……………..[Matthew 16 turned] against you has vanquished you utterly and triumphed over you! In so doing the whole fabric of your Papacy falls to the ground, and is shown to be nothing but a lie, and a deception imposed upon the world; you the mockers of the people of God, the perverters of the word of God, stand openly exposed in the sight of all men; and the decrees of the Papists are proved by the evidence to be the impious dogmas of ANTICHRIST! ….For now the curtain that hid your impieties is thus drawn aside, there is discovered errors, frauds, crimes of every iniquity, a very hell! – Which till now you had concealed behind this thin, futile fig-leaf – PAPACY! So that, in truth, the Papacy is, and can be, nothing else than that very kingdom of the notorious ANTICHRIST. For this is the reason why many who had worshipped this abomination standing in the holy place wondered how such monstrous iniquities could proceed from that seat which boasted of an administration so perfectly holy…….”

Answer 5

Not everything that Luther pointed out was wrong. However much of theology was, a theology which stemmed from an philosophical reading of Scripture that was not in tune and contradicted the metaphysical and philosophical understanding that underlies the writing of the Jewish and Christian scriptures as well as their exegesis both by the Jews and Christians.

I know I am being a bit complex but Luther is not rejected simply on the account of what he did and what he said, but rather on much larger issues that under lie his whole thought. As such, while aspects of Luther lead to reform and still can, his thought can never be considered orthodox by the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches.

Please see
http://web.archive.org/web/20030604071155/http://ic.net/~erasmus/RAZ229.HTM

Answer 6

I doubt it. You see, once a papal decree has been made, it can't really be denied later. Roman Catholics believe that the decisions that have been made by popes are infallible. Even if they are incredibly logical to our current pope, he can't accept them because that would invalidate the popes who have gone before him. Usually the Roman Catholic church just hopes that people forget their mistakes (at least, that is what I think).

Answer 7

Luther didn't fold, he held to his beliefs. I should know, I'm lutheran.

I don't think the catholic church ever accepted it, some of my friends that are catholic don't even know the history of their church.

Answer 8

there were reformations

and to the above poster, one pope said joan of arc was a heretic, and later another pope said she was a saint

not at all the word of god

Answer 9

No, Luther folded.

Answer 10

they will always hate him ,after all he exposed them for what they are,