Do you know why protestent churches started?

Question

I see a lot of answers that were not correct.

Martin Luther wanted to stop the sale of indulgences. Thats all, it was a corupt procedure and was being done to pay for the renovation of St Pauls in Rome.

That is the ONLY reason he did it.

Did you know that Martin Luther believed in the true presence of Christ in Communion.

Did you know that he was a vile man who wanted to exterminate the Jewish race.

And he took a load of books out of the established bible because it didnt fit his ideology.

Most protestants ignore this because like many cults they have been brainwashed by their church to never look for truth and just accept what they are told.

He didnt want to leave the church he believed everything they did but objected to indulgences.

Answer 1

There is no conspiracy to expose here.

Many denominations known as "protestant" neither originated with nor incorporated Luther's ideas. There were "protesting" sects before Luther's time. They all share certain views, but that does not make them Luther devotees.

Thus, many "protestants" do not "ignore" the issues you refer to for reasons of brainwashing or incapacity. Rather, they discern that Luther is a prominent historical figure, a theologian---not a saint or infallible object of reverence---whose ideas may contribute to but are not the core of their faith.

Methodical questioning and disagreement, even to the point of vehemence, with any of Luther's viewpoints (or those of any other human being)does not in itself compromise spiritual integrity when done in "good faith." Doing so is the exercise of free will and the use of one's own gifts to enhance one's spiritual path.

Answer 2

That seems to be the incident that prompted Luther to put his ninety-five objections to the Catholic Church on the door of the church building and then defy the whole Catholic hierarchy, pope included, to debate the merit of his objections. These ninety-five objections were false teachings that the Catholic Church was practicing. False teachings that were (and still are) contrary to the Bible.

I might add that the money thus obtained by Tetzel was going to complete the building of St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome. There was no scruple about this business of selling indulgences. Tetzel went so far as to proclaim that he had saved more souls from hell by his indulgences than the apostle Peter had converted to Christianity by his preaching. If that is not making merchandise of religion, pray tell me, what is it?

Not all churches are a result of Luther's protest. There were many other church "leaders" who also knew that the Catholic Church was moving far away from the church that Christ established.

Fortunately, the church that Christ established is still in existance. The congregations of the church of Christ seek to be Christians only and worship and follow the teachings of Christ the same way the Apostles and early disciples did. the church of Christ is not a denomination and does not follow any of the teachings by any of the early denominational leaders, including Luther, Smith or any others.

The churches of Christ today are the result of the "restoration" movement to return to the true teachings of Christ and his church.

Answer 3

Protestants are more of a spin-off then rather the origination of the concept, I think actually for what you are mentioning a denomination has been apply named Lutherens, and I have to agree that it is a hell worthy offense to remove books fromt he bible, or rather modify it in any way of coarse other then in translation, but a cult I cease to see how this has created a cult. My experiance is that Lutherens and Protestants are quite tolerent of Judiasm and it is to say far outside the reasonable bounds to judge an entire beliefe structure on the wicked beliefs of one man, that concept alone is a lot more cult like then any protestant church. I also think he was right to rebel against these soul tarriffs and if any religous denomination of christianity is cult like it would be the Catholisism he was rebelling against. I hold no bias for the man, he very well coudl be one of the worst to ever grace the planet, but he did do some good and perhaps you shoudl simply not dwell on the bad.

Answer 4

Certainly Martin Luther never dreamed he would be the father of such chaos. But what he started was the "idea" that each person was their own church.

He gave people the easy road by example. Each person can now read into (and out of) the scripture what ever suits them and fits their lifestyle.

Martin Luther's personal desire was not this, he was quoted on his death bed as saying "I attempted to rid the world of one evil Pope and created hundreds." At least he was aware of what he started.

Answer 5

Thank you for the history lesson.
Martin Luther was one of many, "protest-ant" clergy.
The Roman Church changed many doctrines and dogmas in response to these protests but it was too little too late. The damage had been done and secular rulers used the protesting clergy to break away from control by the Roman church. Example: Henry VIII of England.

Answer 6

More to it than that... but in fact... The Roman cult is not the first "church" and has never been the only "church"...there have always been True Christians who refuse to bow to the corruption that is the roman catholic way...and "protestantism" is not the "church"either...

There is only One Church... The Church

All who come to God in The Way He prescribes will receive His free gift of Salvation. Those become part of The Body of The Church of which Jesus The Christ is The Head. Those are the ones of The True Christian Faith. Only those of The Church will enter Heaven.

Answer 7

Martin Luther was a monster and would have made a good Nazi. If he and Hitler had been contemporaries, Martin Luther would have been Hitler's spiritual advisor.

The Nazi's ideology of hate and murdering Jews didn't develop in a vacuum. All those ideas were already there waiting to be picked up and consolidated, and Martin Luther's anti-Semitic garbage was right in the forefront.

Answer 8

Hello, brothers. My dear co-believers. Let us live in friendly way. There is no other foundation for our faith than the Gospel. All of you and every one of you have no right to judge who will be saved and who not. Don't lower yourself to the level of atheists. Don't use their words such as "brainwashed" and some other. We must to understand that this division on denominations is wrong at all. If we will not refuse from it divisions will remain. He who hate his brother is a liar and truth is not in him. Those who don't want to accept brothers hate them and they deceive themselves.
Do understand that the dismembered body the Lord will not accept. Jesus said: " who are not against you is for you." and you have no right to forbid others to believe and to preach Gospel. Jesus also said: " who are is not with me is against me." All the believers in Christ are not against Him. Only the Lord will be judging who can and who can not enter and inherit His kingdom, but not you. See what is going on already a long ago. One denomination throw dirt at another. Don't you understand that it is abominable. It must not last any longer. Do stop it at the long run.

Answer 9

Of course Luther believed in the Real Presence! He was a Catholic priest! He also had a strong devotion to Mary. Although "sale of indulgences" never actually literally occurred, there was some overzealous awarding of indulgences specifically for monetary contributions to the renovation of Saint Peter's and other major churches. There is nothing wrong with this in principle, but it was certainly overemphasized. Many people were well aware of these abuses and were working to correct them. Unfortunately, Luther took matters into his own hands and his pride led him to abandon God's Church and found his own, in direct violation of God's stated will, "that they all may be one". The abuses were corrected, by those who remained in the Church and worked to correct them. Luther of course played no part in these reforms since he had already jumped ship. Before long he had wandered into heresy, which is inevitable once you separate yourself from the biblical "pillar and foundation of truth", the one Church Christ founded for all mankind.

Answer 10

The Apostle Paul said follow me even as I follow Christ. This gives us permission to not follow any man if they deviate from following Christ. This includes Martin Luther, all Popes or any person. Our faith and example is Christ and our allegiance should be to him not men. In the end it is Jesus we will answer to and I wouldn't count on the Pope or Martin Luther being there to defend you. And Luther through his study of scripture began to see salvation came through faith in Christ. The gospels show this is what the earliest believers taught. Repent and believe on the Lord Jesus is what saves you not church membership. And God doesn't need the permission of any church or man to save whoever he chooses to. I should add the Catholic church had shown how far they had strayed by their willing ness to put people to death who disagreed with them. Where do we find Jesus encouraging this behaviour?