[Vegasrugrat]

When Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses it was written in Latin because the debate was intended for a learned audience of clergy and professors. They were soon translated into German, however, and quickly spread across Germany.

His intention was to reform the RCC, not to form a new church.

As to your point on attacking Protestant churches, I believe anything with “ELCA” in the title will have a slew of posters damning this “church” also.

I probably will not get any adversity by saying the ELCA is definitely NOT a Christian church anymore.

God Bless

[Rashputin]

But, the ELCA says it is doing exactly what all the Protestants here say, that it reads His Word and listens to the Holy Spirit. As for Luther, I can't find where he and Melanchton put a lot of effort into reforming anything since Church agreed with 92 of the 95 points. They didn't have the stomach to stay and fight for the Faith when they could just as easily start their own alternative. That's the same thing that happens these days when one Baptist or Methodist Church splits into several congregations over something like abortion. Everyone just claims a better understanding of the Word and a better ear for what the Holy Spirit says and off they go.

Whatever you my think his intentions were, his actions set in motion fragmentation that inhibited the spread of Christianity and insured more of those born into Christian countries would be damned since there were thousands of "Christs" to pick from. Naturally, only the spirit could tell them whether theirs was the right one or not and the majority of those alternative "Christs" didn't dictate major behavioral changes since everything revolved around how the individual interpreted scriptures anyway.

Whether you think he was right or wrong theologically, it's a fact that he did the wrong thing by leaving rather than reforming.