“He may have written things antisemitic but please”
Please what?...the founder of your sect is a Jew hater.....and if you follow his word...how can you not be?...unless you reject his words and pick and choose what he has written?
catch 22
I noticed you cut off my comments.
Luther was not a Pope. He was not an apostle. He was as much a “saint” as the pope and bishops opposing him. Which is not saying much.
If you use your line of argument you nuke your own royal line of popes. You also nuke papal infallibility.
The “impeaching the witness” routine is a modern leftist tactic. I know you are conservative on a conservative site so try not to use the enemy’s tactics.
There were Catholic popes, Catholic councils too, well before and AFTER Luther which oppressed, tortured and murdered Jews. Luther was raised and educated Catholic. Is it surprising he retained much of the antisemitism of Catholic history? No not surprising.
So if you want to use leftist witness impeachment, say no more. Your Popes throughout history, even to the 20th, impeach each Catholics walking the earth today. Go ahead ask any Jew today which Christians they can trust. They will most likely tell you they only trust Americans who are Christian. They will tell you they know Catholics and Protestants in Europe oppressed, tortured and murdered them in the past and in modern history as well. But the US is different to them. A nation founded on clear simple Biblical Christian principles.
So let’s step out of the bloody past and discuss the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I ask, where do you find the Gospel? Where is the Gospel clearly stated?
Your religion demands submission to the pope for salvation.
There's these guys.....
Top 10 Most Wicked Popes
http://listverse.com/2007/08/17/top-10-most-wicked-popes/
1. Liberius, reigned 352-66 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
2. Honorius I, reigned 625-638 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
3. Stephen VI, reigned 896-89 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
4. John XII, reigned 955-964 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
5. Benedict IX, reigned 1032-1048 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
6. Boniface VIII, reigned 1294-1303 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
7. Urban VI, reigned 1378-1389 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
8. Alexander VI, reigned 1492-1503 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
9. Leo X, reigned 1513-1521 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
10. Clement VII, reigned 1523-1524 [Catholic Encyclopaedia]
Top 10 Worst Popes in History
http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-worst-popes-in-history.php
1. Pope Alexander VI (1431 1503)
2. Pope John XII (c. 937 964)
3. Pope Benedict IX (c. 1012 1065/85)
4. Pope Sergius III (? 911)
5. Pope Stephen VI (? 897)
6. Pope Julius III (1487 1555)
7. Pope Urban II (ca. 1035 1099)
8. Pope Clement VI (1291 1352)
9. Pope Leo X (1475 1521)
10. Pope Boniface VIII (c. 1235 1303)