[tgusa]

Well - that’s one opinion.

[yldstrk]

Not the work of God

[jjotto]

I’m glad that question is cleared up.

FReepers are so smart!

[taxcontrol]

Yawn, another Protestant vs Catholic debate bait.

[Mr Rogers]

Luther and other reformers translated the word of God into the vernacular and promoted its reading - over the opposition of the Catholic Church. Care to explain why putting the word of God into the hands of commoners is evil?

[xone]

zot

[mountainlion]

A wise old man told me not to knock the religion of another man. I will not have to answer for others just myself.

[stars & stripes forever]

“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? ... MATTHEW 7

[fwdude]

Hmmm. Hate Luther much?

[ckilmer]

Great time to pick an ancient ancient fight. Just as the dems are trying to push through homosexual marriage.

You are well handled.

[Little Ray]

But, of course, selling pardons and other interesting practices WAS the work of God. Go figure.

[bubbacluck]

My beeber has been set to ignore.

[ShadowAce]

I got as far as the third question and realized the answers were just more un-founded opinion with no proof or reference to back them up.

God would not use a man such as Luther? What about Moses? Paul? Balaam? The author knows not what he is talking about.

[Resolute Conservative]

"A: Because he has left us in his works abundant proof, that if God saw a need for any reformation in his Church, such a man as Luther would not be selected to carry God's will into effect." Who are we to say who and how Gods uses anyone to further his Word?
 That is pretty conceited and borderline blasphemy.

[Resolute Conservative]

"A. No; for God has commanded us not to sit in judgment upon the Church, but to hear and obey her with respect; "and if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican." (Matth. chap. xviii.)
" The whole of humanity is the body of the Church not some organized institution formed 300 years after Christ's resurrection.

[Resolute Conservative]

” A. He declared, that it was not lawful for any Christian whatever to separate himself from the Church of Rome.”

Delusions of grandeur, should read “Church of Jesus Christ”, Rome has no meaning here other than geography of the time.

[ArrogantBustard]

Welcome to FR, N00B.

Are you Catholic?

Somehow, I suspect otherwise ...

I smell a rat, boy.

You smell like a non-believer trying to stir up trouble.

You stink, Rat.

[DManA]

God to Crank: Thanks but I can speak for myself.

[Resolute Conservative]

A. I say with our Saviour, in the 8th chap. of St. Mark, “What will it avail a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?”

My soul is fine as promised in John 14:6 and a slew of other passages. “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me”. “me” in this context is not a Church.

[narses]

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