Reformation 5-2 Notes
Reformation 5-2 Notes
Martin Luther
Questions/Interactions Notes A. Challenges 1. Was the Church the only group that could understand the Bible? 2. Was it okay to make money by selling the priesthood or indulgences? 3. Even with the threat o e!communication" torture" or death some spoke out. B. 1. 2. 3. '. Martin Luther #e was a Catholic priest. #e visited $ome and saw other priests acting sin ully. %his led him to &uestion church doctrine. #e concluded that (od provided salvation" )*% the church.
C. Luthers Beliefs 1. +uthority is rom the Bible alone. 2. ,ndulgences are wrong because only (od could orgive sins. 3. #e believeda. ./or it is by grace that you have been saved" through aith 0 and this not rom yourselves" it is the gi t o (od 0 not by works" so that no one can boast.1 0 Ephesians 2-203 '. #e risked death by believing these things. D. Luthers Challenge 1. 4uther nailed 35 arguments 6theses7 to the door o the local church or all to see. 2. #e also translated the Bible into (erman" the language o the commoners. E. Results 1. 4uther re used to take back his statements and was e!communicated. 2. .#ere , stand , can do no other.1 3. #e had the support o (erman nobles who protected him. '. #is ideas spread very rapidly over Europe despite the church8s response. 5. /or the irst time" there e!isted a Christian Church that was not catholic.