what are the contributions of martin luther in the catholic church?

Question

main contributions, role,

Answer 1

What did he contribute?

1. A faulty German translation of the bible that he edited and messed with (changing and adding words) so that it supported his manmade doctrines

2. Division and disunity within the Body of Christ (after Luther, hundreds of Protestant groups sprang up, and now we have over 22000 today)

Answer 2

Luther's primary contributions to Catholicism itself were:

1. The worst abuses of indulgences were exposed and dealt with by the Catholic Church.

2. Some of Vatican II, especially its liturgical reform, bears a striking resemblance to what Luther had put in place over 400 years earlier. Whether these aspects of Vatican II would have happened without the influence of Luther and of Protestantism in general, is something we may never know; but I think some degree of credit is due.

Answer 3

the only thing luther contributed to the catholic church was the fact that he and his other protestant sects were wrong

Answer 4

Besides being an augustinian monk then renouncing his faith and robbing God of souls I'm not too sure ?

Answer 5

None positive that i can think of. From what He did many heresies have since occurred and the Church is divided which is clearly against God's will. From his writings late in life he expressed remourse for what he had set in motion to the extent that he questioned his own salvation.

In christ
Fr. Joseph.

Answer 6

Well, he didn't contribute anything, he cost them untold billions of dollars when he woke people up to the fact that they could create their own spin-off religion without all the hoopla and fancy equipment that the catholics liked to whip out.

Now, instead of one big cult, we have thousands of splinter cults to deal with also. At least it keeps them busy, fighting amongst themselves. If all that cash was to still be going to one cult, we'd have even bigger problems with the jesus freaks than we do now...

Answer 7

A few words from Martin Luther then you decide.

God has appointed me for the whole Protestant faith, and I boldly vouch and declare that when you obey me you are without a doubt obeying not me but Christ Whoever does not, despises not me but Christ. I believe that we are the last trump that sounds before Christ is coming. What I teach and write remains true even though the whole world should fall to pieces over it. Whoever rejects my doctrine cannot be saved. Nobody should rise up against me. I have greater confidence in my wife and my pupils than I have in Christ, When I beheld Christ I seemed to see the Devil. I had a great aversion for Christ. I was horrified at the name of Christ, and when I regarded Him on the Cross, it was as if I had been struck by lightning; and when I heard His name mentioned, I would rather have heard the name of the Devil. I did not believe in Christ. God did mischievously blind me; God often acts like a madman God paralyses the old and blinds the young and thus remains master. I look upon God no better than a scoundrel God is stupid. Christ committed adultery with the woman at the well about whom Saint John tells us. Was not everybody saying: `What has he been doing with her?” Secondly, with Mary Magdalene, and thirdly with the woman taken in adultery whom He dismissed so lightly. Thus even Christ, who was so righteous, must have been guilty of fornication before He died. It does not matter what people do; it only matters what they believe. God does not need our actions. All He wants is that we pray to Him and thank Him. It does not matter how Christ behaved what He taught is all that matters. What does it matter whether we commit a new sin? Faith cancels all sin. No other sin exists in the world except unbelief, Sometimes it is necessary to commit some sin out of hatred and contempt for the Devil. What does it matter if we commit a sin. You must say my sins are not mine; they are not in me at all; they are the sins of another they are Christ's and are none of my business. Christianity is nothing but a continual exercise in feeling that you have no sin although you sin, but that your sins are thrown on Christ. From the moment you acknowledge that Christ bears your sins, He becomes the sinner in your place. Be a sinner, and sin boldly, but believe more boldly still. Not only men, but the Saints and Apostles must be sinners. The Saints must be good, downright sinners. The Apostles themselves were sinners, regular scoundrels…I believe that the prophets also frequently sinned grievously. You owe nothing to God except faith and confession. In everything else He lets you do whatever you like. You may do as you please, without any danger of conscience whatsoever. Marriage is an outward material thing like any other secular business. The body has nothing to do with God. In this respect one can never sin against God, but only against one's neighbor. The matrimonial duty is never performed without sin. The matrimonial act is a sin differing in nothing from adultery and fornication
The word and work of God is quite clear, women were made either to be wives or prostitutes. If your wife does not want sex, take another. It is not forbidden that a man cant have more than one wife.

Answer 8

He made them angry. I think catholics sing some of the songs he wrote.

Answer 9

Arguably, he woke up the pope and the cardinals to the fact that they needed to make some significant changes. That was called the counter-reformation. Sort of like the loyal opposition in politics: keeps you on your toes.

Answer 10

nothing. but he's like Judas to Jesus, biting the hand that fed him with Christ's teachings.