does anyone know how martin luthers faith alone affected the catholic church?
2007-09-27 09:58:55 · 4 answers · asked by ibanezgeek76 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Luther's faith changed so much about the hegemony of the people's and the grip the Church had on the mental darkness of the masses. Luther released so many from spiritual darkness by issuing a bible in the common tongue of his home area, by showing how false doctrine had been used to exploit the poor and wealthy (the paying of indulgences), and also exposed the motive of the church, in it's move to keep the people in spiritual darkness and repress the liberation from tradition made doctrine by man.
not to mention that whole "Priest should not marry" garbage.
Strictly because his own faith was weak, he spent so much time in research of the scriptures he eventually found that the truth of the scriptures was not the truth propounded by the "Mother Church" and so brought about the start of great change.
2007-09-27 10:07:49 · answer #1 · answered by hez b 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is an unfortunate episode in Christianity. The Catholic Church and the Lutherans have spent the best part of 500 years talking past each other. The two Churchs recently issued a joint statement.
2007-09-27 17:01:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://tentmaker.org/books/MartinLuther-HitlersSpiritualAncestor.html
Martin Luther was an exceedingly evil man. I suppose he gives a bad name to the Catholic church by vague association. Both sects are Christian. Martin Luther was an evil, evil Christian.
2007-09-27 17:08:24 · answer #3 · answered by Dog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wasn`t just Luther`s disagreements that caused the effect, the fact that many German nobles,princes etc had a great jealousy of the church gained him much support.
2007-09-27 17:02:39 · answer #4 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋