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2007-11-06 00:54:11 · 12 answers · asked by mikan17 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Martin Luther and many others had laid out their complaints with the Catholic Church, but were dissatisfied with the slow response. The end result is that they split from the church.
The ironic thing is that the Protestant Reformation actually accelerated the reformation inside the Catholic church as well. All but a few of the issues that Luther raised were
eventually corrected within the Catholic Church.
Martin Luther had a positive impact on the doctrine of the Catholic Church, even as he left. I know that the Protestant world feels the same.
However, what Mr. Penguin points out above me is also accurate. Trying to get Hebrews, James, Jude, and Revelation removed from the NT just so the Bible better fit his definition of faith was a wee bit messed up.
2007-11-06 01:10:22 · answer #1 · answered by Sir Network 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Martin Luther was a Catholic monk and priest who defied the authority of the Church and declared himself to be an infallible authority.
His life was spent writing arrogant and ignorant tracts against the Church and he produced a faulty German translation of the bible that (surprise!) had been edited to support his novel doctrines like Sola Fide and Sola Scriptura.
Luther is responsible for the bickering and division you see within Protestant groups to this day. They all think they are right - just as Martin Luther did.
2007-11-06 01:03:41 · answer #2 · answered by Knight of Malta 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Luther tried to save the Catholic world from democracy. He was only temporarily successful.
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2007-11-06 01:04:24 · answer #3 · answered by miller 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, he murdered a bunch of theologians he disagreed with. Even ones like Erasmus who wanted to work with him to make changes within the Catholic church.
2007-11-06 00:58:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
He was a Catholic priest (not just a monk) who defied the authority of the Church, set himself up as an infallible interpreter of Scripture and was therefore rightly excommunicated.
He is responsible for the first major splinter in Christianity that resulted in the over 22,000 Protestant denominations we have today.
2007-11-06 01:00:08 · answer #5 · answered by Veritas 7 · 10⤊ 4⤋
He started the reformation
2007-11-06 00:59:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
He was a dissenter and a rebellious priest who eventually broke away from the true Church and started one of many thousands of different Protestant sects, all of them claiming to be interpreting the bible correctly (how's that possible?).
2007-11-06 01:01:32 · answer #7 · answered by Guardian 2 · 7⤊ 3⤋
He was excommunicated as a heretic.. and the cause of the second major splinter "schism" in Christianity. he was a bitter, drunken anti-semite as well
2007-11-06 01:01:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
none. but he used to be a Catholic monk.
2007-11-06 00:57:41 · answer #9 · answered by Ťango 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋
He exposed the false gospel and false practices of the catholic cult. Catholics are not saved because they believe a false gospel of works that leads to eternal hell (Galatians 1).
2007-11-06 00:57:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 9⤋