Roman Catholics: About Martin Luther...?

Question

You have to applaud Martin Luther for having the Guts to stand up and say, "Current traditions are clearly wrong and contradict scripture." during those times were No one dared to question the Roman Catholic Church. OR ELSE.
Also, what REALLY started the Protestant Reformation?
Why blame it all on Martin Luther?
Why doesnt the Roman Catholic Church take credit for it too?
If the Gates of Hell Never had prevailed against the Roman Catholic Church (Corruption in the Roman Catholic Church), the Protestant Never would had happened.

P.S. Im Not a Protestant or a Roman Catholic.

"AuroraDawn" the Roman Catholics didnt have a pretty good past history with the Jews either.

Answer 1

*Is Catholic*

There is no reason to applaud someone who stands up and says both foolish and false things. Luther's writings are filled with foolish, false, and hateful things. So really why applaud them?

Really no one dared to question the Catholic Church? You should read your history! Look up st. Catherine of sienna who was constantly questioning and lambasting. She is a Doctor of the Church! What about St. Francis? The list goes on and on and on. The difference is that they believed and Luther did not.

I don't think that Luther started the Protestant Revolt (I suggest that you look at the events in terms of a political nature rather than a religious one. The political nature of the events are often overlooked and you, not being a Catholic or a Protestant could be quite helpful in getting to the real issues that were going on).

There is no reason to blame it all on Luther. He was not alone.

The Catholic Church doesn't take credit for what it did not do. The Catholic Reformation was taking place at the same time as Luther and it only became a counter movement after the Protestant groups split from the Faith.

That is not what the "gates of hell will never..." means. What it means is that the structure of the Church will not be overtaken. It does not prevent corruption just total corruption. In other words, what it means is that the light of Christ, the Truth which radiates from the Church, will never go out. There will always been continuity between the Church then the Church now and the Church tomorrow. In other words the Church is an eternal kingdom created by Christ.

Let me suggest the following books
How the Reformation Happened: Books: Hilaire Belloc
CHARACTERS OF THE REFORMATION By Hilaire Belloc

Answer 2

No one dared to question the Church? Does the name Calvin ring a bell? Henry VIII? Zwingli? These and many more didn’t just question the Church – they rebelled in varying degrees of openness. And a calculated risk isn’t exactly gutsy. Luther understood the political situation around him and had considerable support in certain circles.

OR ELSE? Or else what? If the Catholic Church had the far-reaching and omnipotent control that so many seem to think it had, don’t you think it could have done a better job of reigning in a renegade cleric? They tried to show Luther the errors in what he was preaching. They told him to stop teaching error (an order he obviously ignored). Oh the cruelty.

What REALLY started the reformation? There are too many reasons behind it to answer here but a few reasons can easily be pointed to. Politics played a large factor in many of the areas where reformers found support. From the time of Constantine on, there were frequent struggles between ecclesiastical and secular authority. The reformation legitimized the ambitions of many who sought greater power(s) in either or both arenas.
Many people love to point to the printing press as one of the greatest reasons. It was instrumental, just not in the way people usually present it. The argument usually goes that the printing press made the Bible widely available and that once the laity could read it for themselves they discovered the errors of the Church. But all of the reformers were educated (literate) people who already would have had access to the Bible and all the pertinent texts. What it really accomplished was to make the lie of a brand-spanking-new, unbiblical, man-made tradition seem believable - namely the doctrine of Sola Scriptura. A few hundred years earlier, such a concept would have seemed laughable to the rank and file Christians. Many were illiterate. Sacred Scripture had to be painstakingly copied by hand and copies were rare. The printing press also made it possible to publish questionable translations of the Bible (or, much more commonly, good translations with heretical annotations) and also tracts and pamphlets (think Chick tracts without the cartoons).

Why doesn’t the Roman Catholic Church take credit for it too? You might as well ask why England doesn’t take credit for the establishment of the United States. No matter which side you’re on, that’s not the way things are viewed. Certain doctrinal abuses were going on in some places and Martin Luther does deserve some credit among reformers for initially basing his complaints on those abuses he saw. But, the whole of the Church can not be considered corrupt just because some of its members, including some teachers and preachers, were corrupt. Jesus himself picked Judas Iscariot as one of the twelve and sent him out with the others. Judas’ apostasy and betrayal did not nullify the other eleven nor render them all corrupt. And the other branches of Protestantism were not based on such ideas anyway.

As a final note: Martin Luther did do some good. In a small way, his writings helped me on my journey from Protestant to Catholic. Probably not the intent he had when he nailed his 95 theses to the Cathedral door.

†Pax Vobiscum†

Answer 3

The Protestant reformation was voiced by Luther in the 95 Theses that he posted at churches. Although many thought like Luther, nobody had the courage to speak up. Did you know that Protestants are called Protestants because they were always protesting about the Catholic Church? Makes sense when you think about it, but I don't think I would've ever connected the two. Why blame it on Luther? He started it! He got the ball rolling. Why would the Cath Church be to blame? What would they be blamed for? Nothing went wrong, so there's nothing to blame.

P.S. I'm not Protestant or Catholic either.

Answer 4

The reformation was probably a good thing, but Luther wasn't all about goodness.

Luther is also known for his writings about the Jews, the nature and consequences of which are the subject of scholarly debate. His statements that Jews' homes should be destroyed, their synagogues burned, money confiscated, and liberty curtailed[citation needed] were revived and given widespread publicity by the Nazis in Germany in 1933–45. As a result of this and his revolutionary theological views, his legacy remains controversial.

atheist

Answer 5

He's not the only one. It seems as soon as Christianity is founded in a country, within a few years, people rebel because they don't agree with something about the Pope or Mary or the Trinity. I'm not up to speed on the Martin Luther thing or what his main beef was with the church, but I'm sure that lack of communication was one factor. I figure another factor is the mindset regarding Divine Right and Lords and Vassals and Serfs and Kings, where it was death to disobey even your local political tyrant. If you think the egos on this board are bad, I think it was twice as worse then, and not only that, the study of mental disease, physical aliments et al were very rudimentary.

Answer 6

Protestant religions appear style of empty and soulless, but indignant and ridiculous whilst. Calvin claimed the street to hell is paved with the skulls of unbaptized toddlers. Yet, Luther knew accumulation of wealth and promoting of heavenly dividends was once incorrect and was once capable to have an effect on difference. I is also incorrect however all prodestants are derived from Luthers holiday after the ninety five theses. The truly holiday from Rome demands to come back from the AMERICAN Catholic Church. They permit married clergy start manipulate and different latest reforms at the same time maintaining the essential catholic ceremonies.

Answer 7

Roman Catholic members were lost in going to the right path.. They were misguided by the Pope whom they worship and kiss everything that is own by the Pope.
jtm

Answer 8

It is not in my "list of things to do" to applaud someone who thought they knew more than Jesus.

Answer 9

he's a heretic and a huge one at that. he divided Christianity so much. even though he said later on that it was never his intention to found a new church, he obviously made a great damage in the unity of Christianity.