I need both the long term causes as well as the events surrounding Luther's break with the Catholic Church.
Also how come Martin Luther was able to successfully challenge the Church when others before him failed?
2006-11-26 10:00:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Martin Luther was not successful it's just that a whole lot of other people were looking for an excuse to rebel. I would not call the loss of the Holy Eucharist a successful thing.
2006-11-26 10:02:53 · answer #1 · answered by Midge 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Luther did not successfully challenge the RC church. When he posted the 95 Theses on the Wittenburg door, he fully expected to have a civil debate among other monks and priests about his ideas. No one would debate him. Luther got shut out of the church and excommunicated. So he married and started a new life. He and his successors (all monks or priests) founded the Reformation.
The long term effects would include anything involving Protestantism, to which some attribute modern democracy, capitalism, and individualism.
2006-11-26 18:04:49 · answer #2 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After he nailed the 96 thesis on the church door in Bittenburg, and stood trial for his "heresy" he was literally whisked away from the verdict of the trail by nobility, who knew better (he knew than Luther was going to die for his questions).
Martin Luther was probably sucessful because he himself was a Catholic monk!
2006-11-26 18:06:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The main cause of the Reformation was a study of the book of Romans, which preached salvation by faith, while the Church preached works. Why was he successful? Well, a friend of his staged a kidnapping of him, so he hid out to avoid the Inquisition.
2006-11-26 18:02:49 · answer #4 · answered by #1denverfan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It came about by accident. When he nailed his thesis on the doors he was not doing anything special, he was fallowing tradition. You see, when a teacher, which he was, wanted to have a discussion with other teachers, the simplest way to announce it was to wright what is was you wanted to discuss and then to nail it to the doors. The pope did not like it and had him persecuted for his thoughtless attack upon the foundation of the Catholic system of worship.
2006-11-26 18:12:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
martin luther successfully recruited the help of germanic royalty who were sick of the pope bossing them around, and since christanity was still a new concept in northern europe it was easy to change around a few details
2006-11-26 18:03:33 · answer #6 · answered by wranderer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋