Martin Luther and the Reformation of the Church Martin Luther did many things. He was one of the first people to defy the Catholic Church and its pope annd his writings pursaded other people to do the same. He translated the New Testament from Latin to German so common people could read it, not just clegery. Without him, the church would have been very different, as would daily life in the Renaissance and possibly today. Martin Luther was one of the most important people in the Renaissance and the reformation of the Catholic Church. Luther's writings challenged the legitimacy of the Catholic Church. He challenged the pope saying that the Bible is the only authority Christians should follow. If the pope's teachings went against the Bible, …show more content…
Luther responed with the famous “Here I stand. God help me. I can do no other.” Charles V declared Luther a hetric, called for his execution, and the papal Bull “Exsurge Domine” which ordered Luther's writings to be put on the Index. The Index Librorum Prohibitorum, or “Index” was created. It was a list of forbidden books published by Pope Paul IV. There was also an Index Expurgatorius: a list of books that were OK as long as certain passages were removed. Another extreme action taken by the church was the Inquisition. The Inquisition was started to find and punish heretics. It was a search organized by six generals hired especialy for the Inquisition. One of the generals was the infamous Tomás de Torquemada. If the Inquisition found you guilty, your puishments could range from exucution to the church taking your property. Despite all this, Luther managed to hide, and from safety, keep writing. He translated the Latin New Testament into German for the common people. This was probably his biggest favor to the reformation of the church. Luther didn't set out to start a rebelion against the church, but he did, and changed the world he lived in. With the New Testament and later the Old Tesament printed in German instead of Latin, normal people could read the Bible and interpert its teaching for themselves. Some, upon realizing the corruption of the Catholic Church and the need for faith to receive forgiveness, joined a new domination called Protestants.
Luther was zealous towards the gospel. He felt strongly about the gospel and felt it was unfair only the upperclassmen and well educated could read and interpret the bible themselves. People should be able to read and interpret God’s word themselves rather than trusting the pope’s interpretations. This was unpopular with the Catholic Church because they felt a loss of control over the masses and common people. What is more is the people of Wittenberg were too unintelligent to understand God’s word and this lead to the translating of the New Testament to German in 1529. It was not long before Luther took it upon himself to translate the Gospel in its entirety to German.
“Luther was in constant battles, largely unsuccessful, to control the forces both theological and cultural that he had unleashed. He argued not just against the pope’s hard-liners but against the Pope’s hard-liners as Erasmus who wanted to hold the church together” (Hillyer, 1). Martin Luther purpose for his 95 Theses was just to revolt against the Roman Catholic.
Martin Luther faced many criticisms within the church. It was noticed that the popes were too concerned with worldly affairs rather than focusing on their church responsibilities and duties. Some had children, which were breaking the vows. Some popes in addition, were poorly educated. Without this proper education, they wouldn’t have a reliable source of knowledge and could
In the Introduction of this document, Luther tried to coax the German aristocracy that the Pope was evil and that they should reliance in God. Martin spoke with anger when he proved his point about the pope and the church. Luther said, “Their malice and wickedness I will now, by the help of God, expose, so that, being known, they may henceforth cease to be so obstructive and injurious.” Luther tried to prove that the Church and the
When luther left the church he began writing his ninety-five theses. His theses was a list of things he thought was wrong with the church. Such as the church having people to work so that
Martin Luther posted his theses in an act of making religion based on faith and to have the bible available to all not just the priest. Luther believed religion was based on individual experience and that whoever wanted to practice it should be allowed to. He went against the Church’s beliefs as they stated that the bible has always been in Latin therefore shall remain like that. Luther rejected their ideas and made it his goal to get the bible made available
Luther addressed a lot of issues in the church. While he was in the church the main focus seemed to be drifting away from God and the focus seemed to be man instead. People started to think that they didn’t have a direct connection with God that they had to reach out to him. The church got so caught up in what they were doing they forgot about the ones that were
He was the one that was trying to change the practices of the church. He made a list of statements where he expressed his concerns about the church and he took it to the consul. Some of Luther’s ideas was that he didn’t think that confessing sins to priests was a way to get into heaven. He has many doubts about the church. Martin Luther also believed that there was never a good enough way to get spot in heaving even if people were very faithful. Another statement that he had in mind was that the popes and the priests had no worthy power in the holy church. He also believed he could reform the church through education. This is why Luther took his ideas to the consul and they agreed the church needed to change. The consul denied his ideas about faith and allowed people could redeem themselves by doing good works. Luther’s ideas spread around Germany and Europe. Once his ideas spread throughout the countries Luther was banned from the
Martin Luther’s original movement towards the reform of the church was a major turning point in history. After the Protestant reformation, political, social, and economical changes affected regions. Some of these effects hindered the progression of the civilizations and sometimes had the potential to reduce the effects of religion. When Martin Luther opposed ideas of the church, he led a movement of protest and violence that questioned the intentions of the church. After Luther studied Christianity, he realized that the church was not as legitimate as it was supposed to be. When he argued against their values, the church had the wrong intentions and believed that Luther was trying to oppose the Church. The same message spread to his supporters
“the Church of Rome, formerly the most holy of all Churches, has become the most lawless den of thieves, the most shameless of all brothels, the very kingdom of sin, death, and hell; so that not even antichrist, if he were to come, could devise any addition to its wickedness.” He believed that Church had to many restrictions and that it was using to much power and money instead of faith, and that preachers were abusing the position of their job. He beleived that Roman Catholic Church has lost the sanse and true meaning of Christianity when they started to preach that freedom could be earned by buying induglunces as where people had to pay certain amount of money so their sins would be forgotten. Luther opposed these thinkings in ''On Christian Liberty'' by explaining that no work or indulgences are neccesary for salvation, because if man has faith, he can pure his sins by himself. He explained why faith is so important and how good works without faith are nothing.
Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk, was the monumental figure in the Reformation movement that brought the religious Holy Roman Catholic Empire down and changed the course of the western world history and culture. Unable to keep his silence on the unscriptural and corrupt practices of the Catholic Church any longer, especially on the issue of the sale of indulgences, he defiantly nailed his hand written Ninety-five Theses on the door of the church in Wittenberg, Germany. In retaliation, the Catholic Church excommunicated and later condemned him as heretic when Luther refused to recant his writings.
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Arguably one of the most recognizable names in Church history, Martin Luther rattled the cages of the legalistic, heretical Roman Catholic authorities, and enabled the masses to encounter God in a more direct way from that point on. The New Westminster Dictionary of Spirituality describes him as, ““An Augustinian Eremite friar and theology professor at Wittenberg, who emerged as the principal guide and spokesman of the Protestant Reformation, giving his name to the strongest wing of that movement… predominantly regarded as church leader, reformer and innovator.” Martin Luther’s life and theology have forever changed and shaped the way Christian’s view and value faith and works through his writing and hand in the reformation.
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