[RnMomof7]

As Bishop Ryle declared: “Are we to return to a church which boasts that she is infallible and never changes – to a church which has never repented her pre-Reformation superstitions and abominations – to a church which has never confessed and abjured her countless corruptions? Are we to go back to gross ignorance of true religion? Shame on us, I say, if we entertain the idea for a moment!

I think this is the heart of the argument.. The purpose of the reformation was never to start new religions or to break from Rome..the purpose was to do some doctrinal clean up .. to bring the church back to its roots..

But as all things that have personal power attached the leadership of Rome preferred to kill them than to give up their power..

Luther loved the church, he loved it enough to put his life on the line to reform it.. but like the others..He did not love it more than he loved Christ and the gospel

Those that know the truth, can never go back to the superstitions and man made tradition ... it would not only be shame on us ...but a denial of the gospel of Christ

[metmom]

Luther loved the church, he loved it enough to put his life on the line to reform it.. but like the others..He did not love it more than he loved Christ and the gospel

This is the same kind of intellectually dishonest propaganda that the liberals smear Columbus with.

Just as Columbus wasn't looking to start the slave trade and oppress the peaceful natives, Luther didn't intend on starting his own denomination.

The issue was settled for him when the Catholic church ex-communicated him for wanting to go back to the Scriptural principles that the Roman Catholic church claimed it was founded on. Indeed the Bible that it and Catholics today, claim it wrote.

How revealing is that? To condemn a man for wanting to simply get back to what the church claims gave it its authority in the first place.

[Vegasrugrat]

I think this is the heart of the argument.. The purpose of the reformation was never to start new religions or to break from Rome..the purpose was to do some doctrinal clean up .. to bring the church back to its roots..

But as all things that have personal power attached the leadership of Rome preferred to kill them than to give up their power.

Luther loved the church, he loved it enough to put his life on the line to reform it.. but like the others..He did not love it more than he loved Christ and the gospel

Those that know the truth, can never go back to the superstitions and man made tradition ... it would not only be shame on us ...but a denial of the gospel of Christ

Excellent post! Amen!