[bornacatholic]

Look, Luther was a lunatic. Put otherwise, he was seriously mentally ill. He was whip-sawed from one extreme to another and his theology illustrated it. His theology was really his autobiography divinizsed

. At one time he, literally, wanted to kill anyone who would not submit to the Pope (not that there is anything wrong with that) while later he said the Pope was the AntiChrist...not exactly stable...

Less than a year before his revolt, he was publicly preaching in favor of indulgences...

he went from teaching the Church's exegesis on Scripture had to be followed, to declaring only HIS exegesis was to be followed.. to then teaching that when Scripture stated good works ought be done his students had to read it so Scripture read good works were forbidden

I mean, come on...

The poor man was savagely beaten by his parents and he never was stable for long periods of time after that

[HarleyD]

Look, Luther was a lunatic. Put otherwise, he was seriously mentally ill. ...At one time he, literally, wanted to kill anyone who would not submit to the Pope

Hey, don't knock righteous indignation. Two of my favorite verses:

Ezra 9:3 As soon as I heard this, I tore my garment and my cloak and pulled hair from my head and beard and sat appalled.

Nehemiah 13:25 And I confronted them and cursed them and beat some of them and pulled out their hair. And I made them take oath in the name of God,

Naturally I prefer Nehemiah's approach.