Anyone know about Martin Luther of the Lutheren Church?

Question

Not martin luther king jr. just martin luther im trying to do bible lit hw and i kind of suck at religion and i need to know what his views on catholosism were against his own ideas of lutherism?

i did look it up on wikipedia but it didnt give me the right information

Answer 1

He said we only need the two sacraments that Jesus commanded which are baptism and communion HE WAS SO RIGHT

Answer 2

Luther started out Catholic. Not exactly by choice. He got caught in a lightening storm and promised God he would become a priest if God spared him.

He'd always been flighty and neurotic. The church needed reform when Luther came round. Luther could have been a good reformer, except he stopped being righteous and became self-righteous.

He launched a time of horrible tribulation for Catholics and Jews. It is said that Hitler got his ideas from Luther.

Luther said man can't escape his sinful nature. So we should just embrace it and be sinners. When our day of judgement comes we should throw ourselves on God's mercy.

Luther also had a pretty free hand at editing the bible. He wrote in what he liked and took out what he didn't. For instance "faith alone" - alone was added by Luther to justify his own personal teachings.

Dear PSF: People don't look things up on Wikipedia because ANYONE can write that stuff. Most of it is bogus.

Dear Pooh Cat: Catholics don't think the pope is divine. Not in any way shape or form. He's just the leader of our church.

Answer 3

Funny you should say it that way. As a Lutheran, I grew up being taught about Martin Luther-- I didn't know about Martin Luther King jr. until I was almost in high school.

Luther was a great man of his time. His work ultimately brought an end to centuries of oppression, tyranny and outright blasphemy of the Catholic church.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther


(P.S. I'll never understand why it isn't easier and more reliable just to look these things up in Wikipedia in the first place! Geez!)

Answer 4

Yes but practically no one is following his original teachings. See the Movie I think it is called Martin Luther. That depicts him very well. He really was just trying to stop all the fanaticism within the Catholic Church. Like paying to get into heaven and all the nonsense about rituals that aren't truly spiritual and. He was just reestablishing the truth which became lost through the Catholic church. For the original teachings of Jesus before king Constantine change so many things in the bible google gospelofthenazirenes.com Totally enlivening and enlightening to know what Jesus actually taught.

Answer 5

Martin Luther was absolutely right in his cries for "Reform".

During the 1600's the Catholic Church was un-united. Priests, Bishop's, and even the Pope had difficulties in maintaining a uniform teaching of religion. Martin Luther wanted conformity in the teachings of Jesus Christ. This is his biggest desire in reformation.

However, I think he was a "Hot Head" who pissed on the rest of the Christians by storming away from the Church and taking up the cross to help himself, his congregation, and the other Christians. Sure, he felt it was necessary to "Fracture" the church. Which opened a door to "Cafeteria Christianity".

While Luther formed his congregation, he was able to fulfill this "Uniformity". However, after his death, his actions had lead others to split anytime they felt they were not being listened to. England has so many different forms of "Lutheran" and ironically, the Evangelical Church now represents the RC Church in the 1600's ... everyone on their own ... and even more ironically, the RC church after two reformations (Vatican I, & Vatican II) is now what Luther idealized.

Answer 6

Luther began out Catholic. no longer precisely via determination. He have been given caught in a lightening typhoon and promised God he could exchange right into a clergyman if God spared him. He'd continually been flighty and neurotic. The church mandatory reform whilst Luther got here around. Luther could have been a competent reformer, different than he stopped being righteous and became self-righteous. He released a time of terrible tribulation for Catholics and Jews. it is asserted that Hitler have been given his recommendations from Luther. Luther pronounced guy can no longer get away his sinful nature. So we could desire to continually basically embody it and be sinners. whilst our day of judgement comes we could desire to continually throw ourselves on God's mercy. Luther additionally had a tremendously loose hand at modifying the bible. He wrote in what he enjoyed and took out what he did no longer. for occasion "faith on my own" - on my own became into extra via Luther to justify his very own very own teachings. expensive PSF: people do no longer look issues up on Wikipedia because of the fact every physique can write that stuff. maximum of it is bogus. expensive Pooh Cat: Catholics do no longer think of the pope is divine. no longer in any way shape or type. he's basically the chief of our church.

Answer 7

Yah. Very intense dude.

He was a Monk at a time when the Roman Church was in control of most of the Western European Christian world. It was a time when most of the Roman Church was under the control of State Heads, Kings and the like, who were using their political power to appoint and support corrupt leaders within the church.

He began reading the Bible and found it in conflict with many of the contemporary teachings of the church. As a result (and this is a very limited summary) he translated the Bible into German and is credited with starting a "protest" against The Vatican. That protest became the "Protestant" movement and started the Reformation.

In the process, most of modern German language derives from Luther's translation of the Bible and he transformed the culture of Germany and the pan-Germanic nations of Europe.

Lutheranism makes his teachings the focus of their liturgy. A good movie about him was made starring Joseph Fiennes.

Answer 8

Martin Luther was a priest in the Roman Catholic Church. He objected to many of the practices that the Church used, especially the sale of indulgences (these freed or lessened the time relatives spent in purgatory). He rebelled against the
Church which eventually led to the split and creation of protestantism. Lutherans are one branch of protestants.

Answer 9

There is a movie of Martin Luther...I have the link to the most recent movie and then also a biography from Michigan State University on him.

Answer 10

Martin Luther disagreed with many beliefs of the Catholic church. I think the one that Catholics disagree with the most however is the position of the Pope being somehow devine or above the rest of us in his closeness to God and in his authority over determining what is right or wrong.

I was raised Lutheran but have now become a non-religious believer. This simply means that I have a strong belief and personal relationship with my Creator but have chosen to by-pass the teachings of any particular denomination...Christian or otherwise. Whether it be Lutheran-ism or Catholi-sim or Buddism or Zen-ism, I believe they are all creations of (at least in part) by man....not by God.

Answer 11

Yes,
He was a priest for the Roman Catholics and started studying the Bible and found that most of the things they were doing was not Biblical and was persecuted by them for telling the truth. His actions led to the Lutheran Church. There is much more about him. You need to rent the movie.