consequences of catholic church and martin luther?

Question

hi everyone! i need help on some of the consequences of the catholic church and martin luther during the reformation in the 1500's. please help me! i know the causes of them, but i dont know what the consequences are. can somebody help me?!? i would appreciate it very much if you do!

Answer 1

The chief consequence of Luther's rebellion is the trashing of the stated will of God, "that they all may be one". Jesus said that his followers were to members of one Church, teaching the fullness of truth. Luther didn't consciously reject that idea, but by rejecting the God-given authority of God's Church, the Church the Bible calls "the pillar and foundation of truth", and by introducing the unbiblical, untenable tradition of sola scriptura, which no Christian on earth had ever heard of before, he guaranteed that Protestantism would self-destruct and fragment into thousands of conflicting, contradicting, unauthorized manmade denominations. You cannot have truth without unity, and you cannot have unity without genuine authority. Luther's system claims to make the Word of God the final authority. But it is obvious to any thinking person that a written text has to be interpreted before it yields anything, and that the individual Christian is therefore the final authority in the Protestant tradition. Which of course is what has led directly to the present ungodly state of doctrinal chaos that characterizes that manmade tradition.

Protestants are right about one thing - the Word of God is the final authority. But sadly, they don't know where to find it. Jesus defined the Word of God when He told the leaders of His Church, "he who hears you hears Me", and "whatsoever you bind upon earth is bound in heaven". That's why His Word identifies His Church as "the pillar and foundation of truth". No structure can stand once removed from its pillars and foundation. the truth cannot stand once removed from the one true Church founded by Christ for all mankind.

Answer 2

Because the Church at the time was granting indulgences for gifts of money to the church (they've since condemned the practice). This looked suspiciously like the universally condemned practice of buying one's salvation, and also created a conflict of interest since the Church was profiting from the granting of indulgences. Luther attacked this abuse on three fronts: 1. By challenging the Church's power to grant indulgences in the first place; 2. By raising doubts as to whether the need for further personal sanctification necessarily separates us from God after death, and arguing that instead, Christ's righteousness covers us just as Israel's high priest could enter the Holy of Holies when covered in the priestly garments; and 3. By arguing that the Roman Catholic hierarchy does not have a monopoly on the Office of the Keys. All three claims are arguable on scriptural grounds. For that reason, many of us believe that Martin Luther was indeed right.

Answer 3

The greatest consequence was that after the the beheading of Bonnie King Charlie, the Pope was forced to issue an edict declaring that religious faith requirements could only be enforced "inside" the borders of any particular country in Europe and could not be dictated by one country on another. This effectively ended the "religious" wars of Catholics vs the Protest-ante.

Martin Luther was more a populist and never recognized by the Catholica but his list of demands posted on the doors of the "Church" paved the way for less corruption, no paying tithes for redemption and allowed for the Renaissance of learning, combined with the above - each country now vied with every other for trade dominance now, especially Venice.

So the start of the "reformation" resulted in the end of the inquisitions and gave rulers free choice in the battles of faith. The Pope had shifted his weight and focus to the Spaniards but Sir Walter Raleigh and a convenient storm brought the end of Spanish dominance with the sinking of its fleet and of the Pope's influence. Another outcome was that Science no longer had to conform with theology.

This runs some stuff together, but hopefully makes clear what the final outcome was....Gucci for everyman (woman).

Answer 4

The consequences were twofold. First, Western Christianity would from that point on remain divided and fractured into a variety of denominations. Second, the rise of nation states that connected itself with a particular denomination gave a religious flavor to the battles between nations.

The Catholic Church was no longer the dominant religious power in Europe, though it did retain strength in Spain, France, Italy, and Poland. The rest of Europe was divided into various denominational loyalties.

Luther never set about to break with the Roman Catholic Church, at least initially. Later, when cooler heads did not prevail on either side, he found himself the leader of a vast movement of protest and withdrawl from the Roman Catholic Church.

Answer 5

Fr. Martin Luther introduced the claim that Scripture is the “supreme” rule of faith; it may surprise some that I do not disagree with that statement entirely. What I do disagree with most strongly is when one says that it is the sole rule of faith as most modernist “Sola Scriptura” advocates claim. Note, I said modernist, as Martin Luther did not share the same view as many claiming “Sola Scriptura” do today, in regards to the Scriptural understanding. Luther believed that Biblical understanding is a partnership between the scholar and the lay person and that it was to be taught in community instead of each person believing themselves to be a theologian. Here is what Fr. Martin Luther said:

"This one will not hear of Baptism, and that one denies the sacrament, another puts a world between this and the last day: some teach that Christ is not God, some say this, some say that: there are as many sects and creeds as there are heads. No yokel is so rude but when he has dreams and fancies, he thinks himself inspired by the Holy Ghost and must be a prophet" De Wette III, 61. quoted in O'Hare, THE FACTS ABOUT LUTHER, 208.

"Noblemen, townsmen, peasants, all classes understand the Evangelium better than I or St. Paul; they are now wise and think themselves more learned than all the ministers." Walch XIV, 1360. quoted in O'Hare, Ibid, 209.

"We concede -- as we must -- that so much of what they [the Catholic Church] say is true: that the papacy has God's word and the office of the apostles, and that we have received Holy Scriptures, Baptism, the Sacrament, and the pulpit from them. What would we know of these if it were not for them?" Sermon on the gospel of St. John, chaps. 14 - 16 (1537), in vol. 24 of LUTHER'S WORKS, St. Louis, Mo.: Concordia, 1961, 304

By the time Fr. Martin Luther made these quotes Ulrich Zwingli had already “thrown the baby out with the bathwater” by denying the presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, essentially forbidding Christ from protestant worship. There were already schisms and vile disagreements over the most basic of Christian beliefs and the identity of Christianity was changing by these reformers on the whims of eisegesical whimsy and exegetical error. The fact is that Luther’s lamentations were prophetic, realizing that the Church had maintained Sacred Tradition and that his movement was sliding down a slippery slope of apostasy in exponentially increasing proportions.

The truth is, as Vatican II states that sacred Tradition and Sacred Scriptures flow from the same wellspring, which is Christ, they are unified and culminate to the same end. If one wishes to follow biblical teaching about the “rule of faith”, it is Scripture and apostolic tradition as interpreted by the living teaching authority of the Church from which comes the oral teaching of Jesus and the apostles and the authority of interpretation given to the Church and not as Luther introduced and his followers practiced with Sola Scriptura.

In Christ
Fr. Joseph

Answer 6

The Great Schism. If you know the info then just think your way through the enormous ramifications. Wars between countries that were Protestant and those that were Catholic....Someone actually questioning the Church's authority made it seem far more fallible and opened up the various branches of Christianity that exist today. It's hard for me to 'sum up' the consequences because it just doesn't seem
that easy to me. I hope you get what you're looking for, I practiced Catholicism for 27 years and no longer practice anymore but studied this extensively in university. Email me if you like and I'll go into more detail. It's a lot for this amount of space. Many blessings!

Answer 7

The consequences created a large rift that is still felt today. It carried over into the United States. It was against the law to pratice catholicism in the early life of this nation.

Most believed this religion to be antichrist, against God because it was filled with the doctrines of men and paganism.

Today, the influence of catholicism has caused many denominations to compromise their position and become corrupt. Most denominations have become corrupt by adding or taking from the Word of God.

The practice of Christmas is a perfect example. How many denominations practice this pagan holiday? Most.

Yet, there is a remnant that refuse to compromise the Word of God and they stand on his Word unwavering. These are the true believers, the saints of the Most High.

Answer 8

When I think of the results of the "Protestant Reformation" I think of all of the Irish that were murdered, starved, beaten, driven from their homes, deprived of freedom, persecuted, etc. by the English in the name of "Reformation." And all of it because an English King named himself as head of his church so he could divorce his wife and take another in an adulterous union. This is not reformation, this is human pride.