Similarities Between Martin Luther And The Protestant Reformation
A portion of Christians have been mislead into assuming that Martin Luther, the father of the Protestant Reformation, was purely a great champion who defended the Holy Scriptures and conveyed Scriptural expertise to the world. However, in a time of corruption and exploitation within the Roman Catholic Church, it was paramount to identify the source of the disorder, and accordingly pursue order as Jesus intended. Instead of sin being promoted as ‘grace’, Luther’s burden was “to set at liberty them that are bruised” (Lk. 4:18). Accordingly, Luther constructed and delivered 95 Theses which were essentially short statements condemning various abuses of the Papal authority and the Medieval church. These burning issues fell into three categories.
First, Luther denounced the Pope and the system of leaders within the church for misuse of their authority. Next, he condemned the church on the whole for the abuse of materialism. Finally, he took offense to the system known as indulgences where money was given to the church in exchange for forgiveness of sin. While many of these proclamations made by Luther seem outdated to us today, many of the theses are important and still concern us today.
First, Luther denounced the Pope and the system of leaders within the church for misuse of their authority. Next, he condemned the church on the whole for the abuse of materialism. Finally, he took offense to the system known as indulgences where money was given to the church in exchange for forgiveness of sin. While many of these proclamations made by Luther seem outdated to us today, many of the theses are important and still concern us today.