[TradicalRC]

You still did not answer my question: was Luther guided by the Holy Spirit but the Catholic Church was not? How do you know this?

[griffin]

"You still did not answer my question: was Luther guided by the Holy Spirit but the Catholic Church was not? How do you know this?"

I believe ALL Christians are guided by the Holy Spirit. I believe Luther was a Christian. However, I believe men sin and when they sin they have temporarily turned away from God. Just because one is guided by the Spirit one minute does not mean that that is the case the next.