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To: Biggirl

Luther may have been forgiven officially but clearly not all Catholics have gotten the message.

Does that mean they are poorly catechized or sinning by holding a grudge or out of communion with the church for rebelling against its authority?


239 posted on 04/23/2015 9:03:45 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom
Does that mean they are poorly catechized or sinning by holding a grudge or out of communion with the church for rebelling against its authority?

The shifting requirements of legalistic religion remind me of building a house on sand at the water's edge.
241 posted on 04/23/2015 9:08:01 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: metmom

Some of them sure seem to have a lot of hatred for someone who has been dead for centuries. It can not be changed, so get over it. He did what he thought was right and very few do that. I applaud that.


242 posted on 04/23/2015 9:13:50 AM PDT by MamaB
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To: metmom

This Day in History, Jan. 03, 1521

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/martin-luther-excommunicated

Martin Luther, the chief catalyst of Protestantism, was a professor of biblical interpretation at the University of Wittenberg in Germany when he drew up his 95 theses condemning the Catholic Church for its corrupt practice of selling indulgences, or the forgiveness of sins. He followed up the revolutionary work with equally controversial and groundbreaking theological works, and his fiery words set off religious reformers all across Europe.

In January 1521, Pope Leo X excommunicated Luther. Three months later, Luther was called to defend his beliefs before Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms, where he was famously defiant. For his refusal to recant his writings, the emperor declared him an outlaw and a heretic.


243 posted on 04/23/2015 9:24:53 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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