Martin Luther's Mistakes

When people hear the name Martin Luther, they probably would automatically think of Martin Luther King Jr, this is a common mistake and some people haven’t really heard of who he was. Martin Luther was the leader of the Protestant Reformation, was born at Eisleben, Prussian Saxony on November 10, 1483. He wrote problems concerning the church, he wanted to express out loud, so everyone knew how he felt. Martin Luther’s starting-point of his career as a reformer was him posting on a church door, Ninety-five Opinions on October 31, 1517. They formed a passionate statement of the true nature of atonement, and a protest against the sale of indulgences. In issuing the Opinions, Luther expected the support of his religious superiors; and it was only

He was very forceful and hurried right to the point. He ended it by listing a series of abuses which he believed should be corrected by the secular authorities, not by religious councils. Concerning Christian Liberty, the reformation of the political aspect, he declares the true God-ordained and holy characteristic of every human relationship of the family, home, trade, or profession for people from all levels of society. This all means that, no occupation is to be considered more “holy” than any other; for the German aspect, he appeals to the mass of the German people by exposing the greatest source of the evils that oppress them: the Roman Catholic system and the pope himself. The First Wall that Martin Luther attack was the Spiritual Power over Temporal, it essentially was saying that the "world" should influence the spiritual authority in the Church. The second wall was the Authority to Interpret Scripture, mainly he meant the breaking away from the rules and traditions of the Catholic Church. Specifically, Martin Luther is removing the authority of the Pope on matters of faith and doctrine. The Third and final wall was the Authority to Call a Council, this meant that Luther wanted to bring the spiritual authority to the secular once again to allow anyone to call councils to discuss and rule on matters of faith and doctrine. Martin Luther makes it