One thing Martin Luther opposed was?

Question

A. the priesthood of believers.
B. salvation through faith.
C. the selling of indulgences.
D. the reading of the Bible by common people.

Answer 1

C

He truly hated that. Paying money to be forgiven was the worst thing for the soul. He was the one that brought people back to 'REPENT' though the way that was picked up in the time after him was not that harsh.

Answer 2

Definitely C. Martin Luther, after having studied the Bible very closely, saw that salvation came from repentance and faith, and thus he was horrified that people would sell forgiveness. There's a powerful scene in the recent movie "Luther" where he watches all these Catholics climb up stairs on their knees, and pay to do so, and receive forgiveness for this supposed act of humbling themselves. Wikipedia says this about Martin Luther and the sale of indulgences:

"On 31 October 1517 Luther wrote to Albert, Archbishop of Mainz and Magdeburg, protesting the sale of indulgences in his episcopal territories and inviting him to a disputation on the matter. He enclosed 95 Theses, a copy of which he traditionally posted that day to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.

Luther had already preached against indulgences, but he wrote the 95 Theses partly in reaction to the promotion of indulgences by Johann Tetzel, papal commissioner for indulgences in Germany, to raise funds for the renovation of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. In thesis 28 Luther objected to a saying attributed to Tetzel: "As soon as the coin in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs".[27] The 95 Theses not only denounced such transactions as worldly but denied the pope's right to grant pardons on God's behalf in the first place: the only thing indulgences guaranteed, Luther said, was an increase in profit and greed, because the pardon of the Church was in God's power alone.[28]

While Luther did not deny the pope’s right to grant pardons for penance imposed by the Church, he made it clear that preachers who claimed indulgences absolved buyers from all punishments and granted them salvation were in error.[29] The final two theses exhorted Christians not to slacken in following Christ, but to be confident of entering heaven through many tribulations rather than through an assurance of peace.[30]"

As for D, that one definitely is not right, as Martin Luther was the first to translate the Bible into German so that ordinary people could read the Scriptures and have their own revelation of God. He also strongly believed that it was faith that saves us, that God offered His Son as a gift, and if we believe then we will be saved. (See Scriptures such as John 1:12-13, Acts 16:31, Romans 10:9). Thus one of his main doctrines that has most influenced the Protestants is the doctrine of Justification by Faith.

Finally, one of the main foundations of Luther's theology was that all people belong to the priesthood of all believers, based on 1 Peter 2:9. However, according to Wikipedia:

"Martin Luther later picked up on the idea, and it has become a central tenet of Lutheranism. Recent scholarship, however, has made an important distinction between what Luther understood and how the matter has been interpreted by the Protestantism of later generation. In fact, it seems Luther never made use of the phrase nor did he deny the importance of distinguishing a "common priesthood of all the baptized" for works of charity from the specific sacramental role of properly ordained -- i.e., after extensive education and approval of duly recognized church authorities -- clergy (to whom belongs, for instance, exclusive authority to celebrate the Lord's Supper)."

Martin Luther was a fascinating person. Read his literature if you haven't already, and the movie is even worth seeing as well!

Answer 3

You need to read about John Tetzel and what he did to tick off Fat Martin. "when a coin in the coffer rings, a soul from pergatory springs."

Answer 4

JEWS

He was anti-Semitic to a hysterical degree. He actually wrote that the Jews were not human born but were "shat out of Satan's anus."

Luther - Hitler - Benedict XVI. Welcome to the wonderful wacky world of the Germans....

Answer 5

c

Answer 6

All of the above.

Answer 7

C

Answer 8

C.