i meant if the catholics say martin luther was wrong,why did they still cganged their way of doing things??

Answer 1

Change their way of doing what? Give examples, and I'll be more than happy to further explain your question.

Answer 2

Martin Luther left the church, some of his complaints were valid and the Roman Catholic church has been around for 2,000 years changes happen reform within the church has happened many times. We still hold on the the foundation or the rock of Peter it's a living church there for some changes happen in catachisim not the foundation the bible or the faith in Jesus Christ, God, and the Holy Spirit.. Luther left the church and started a new reform church, divison and seperation that's what was wrong. It lead to many wars and deaths on both sides sadly

Answer 3

there wasn't any change, if ever there is, it's always for the better. Martin Luther taught good things about the Bible but not all were good. He even became a racist where he preach the annihilation of Jews which gave rise to the Holocaust.

Since Martin Luther was mentioned here, I tried researching and discovered that he actually was a Catholic Monk who went against the Catholic Church and became a religious reformer only later to become a political revolutionary. He had a deviant chidhood with a history of physical abuse wherein according to some claims that getting into the Augustinian Monastery was one of his way out. He became a deranged protestant racist though mostly his writings were seen to be pious, wise and fearless. But at times he can become unforgivingly defiant who justifies murder and adultery and believes that anybody can sin as he need to, just as long as he has faith. He started to create this line of thinking and actually was more racist than Hitler and was actually Hitler's predecessor in condemning the Jews. I was surprised to know that Anti-semitism was not actually Hitler's theory but a Lutheran theory. I actually never intended to include it here but I am just wondering if Martin Luther was considered righteous by many then why was he a racist?

Luther's views on the Jews have been described as racial or religious anti-Semitism, or as anti-Judaism. Earlier in his career, Luther argued that the Jews had been prevented from believing in Jesus by the actions of Christians, and the proclamation of what he believed to be an impure Gospel. He suggested that they would respond favorably to the evangelical message if it were presented to them gently. When they did not, he furiously attacked them. The most notorious of Luther's Jewish polemics is found in his pamphlet "Von den Juden und ihren Lügen" (On the Jews and their Lies), published in 1543. In it he wrote that Jewish synagogues should be set on fire, their prayerbooks destroyed, their rabbis forbidden to preach, their homes "smashed and destroyed", property seized, money confiscated, and that these "poisonous envenomed worms" be drafted into forced labor or expelled "for all time". These remarks by Luther were used by the Nazi party in Germany as part of their effort to justify the "Final Solution to the Jewish Problem", their systematic effort to exterminate the Jewish population in lands under their control.

In the opinion of Dr. Robert Michael, Luther also appeared to SANCTION THEIR MURDER: "Jerusalem was destroyed over 1400 years ago, and at that time we Christians were harassed and persecuted by the Jews throughout the world . . . So we are even at fault for not avenging all this innocent blood of our Lord and of the Christians which they shed for 300 years after the destruction of Jerusalem . . . We are at fault in not SLAYING THEM."

While some scholars have attributed the Nazi "Final Solution" directly to Martin Luther, others have refuted this theory, pointedly taking issue with the thesis advanced by Shirer and others. British historian Paul Johnson called On the Jews and their Lies the "FIRST WORK OF MODERN ANTI=SEMITISM, AND A GIANT STEP FORWARD ON THE ROAD TO THE HOLOCAUST." Four centuries after it was written, the Nazis cited Luther's treatise to justify the Final Solution.

Since the 1980s Lutheran church bodies and organizations have formally denounced these writings, though they do not characterize Luther as an anti-Semite.

Actually I never knew this because we Catholics don't give too much attention on finding faults of other religion or any sect for that matter. What actually caught my attention which I believe really need mentioning is that if Martin Luther was really a true follower of Christ, why was he racist? This surely is not the teachings of Christ Jesus ! ! ! !

Imagine, What a coincidence, The Trinity of racism. Luther, the german monk turned protestant, Hitler the German Reich Chancellor and the German Neonazis, the skinhead helpers.

Now we know why the protestants are so devoted in putting down Catholics, they have a trail to follow. Now we know too, where the neonazis picked up such ideology. Just imagine that we always thought and believed that it was Hitler all along.

Answer 4

They didn't really change.

More like a white-washed tomb. Or lets say its like wearing a mask.

Email me if you want.

*everyone, by change, I think she/he means things like the Coucil of Trent...which was something that happened soon after Martin Luther did his stuff.


I also think whoever asked this question should look at some history books or an encyclopedia, because most of the responses aren't really full on correct

Answer 5

Again, the Church would probably have reformed and changed anyway -- Luther or no Luther.

The Church has changed and reformed many, many times over the centuries -- both well before Luther was born, and well after he died.

Why do you seem to think that Luther was the only "spark" that could have caused reform and change?

Answer 6

"Ooops. Sorry, Luther. You had some good ideas, but were wrong on some other points.

Why did you have to go and start another church? Look at all the trouble that caused!"

Then again, that wasn't exactly the age in which one questioned authority.

Answer 7

karma.... natural result of god's will.... martin Luther was persecuted for his stand against the catholic church. but he was right... the pressure of god's will made a correction in the catholic church. Religion removes us from natural order. God has been fighting this battle through history. If we look at history as god against christianity you might see the karmic resolutions or god's will.... the catholic church has a history of burning people as heretics and then making them saints and martyrs... look up these examples.

Answer 8

cganged is not a word. The catholic church is corrupt and controlling. They only changed their ways because their old ways would not be accepted in this changing world. They want to catch the eye of young people and by staying with their old doctrine they would surely have banished into thin air.

Answer 9

many catholics were leaving and joing Martin Luther because thay agreed, now the clergy of the catholic church didn't want to see all their members leave so they reformed so their members would come back and rejoin the church.

Answer 10

umm first of all they didn't change their way of DOING things, the Lutheran's only difference to us catholics is our belief that it is ok to honor Mary and the all the saints. you guys dont give a care about the Mother of God or the people who died or lived for your faith, remember that at one time Lucifer, I mean Luther was Catholic too, so he kept almost all of our traditions, he just thinks thap praying to Mary and the saints is wrong. we don't.