Questions tagged [martin-luther]
Martin Luther, the 16th-century reformer of the Roman Catholic Church
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What Protestant arguments exist for the perpetual virginity of Mary?
It's common knowledge that Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodoxy have the doctrine of the perpetual virginity of Mary. Protestants generally don't have that belief.
Less known is that Zwingli and ...
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Why was Martin Luther attempting to change the canon?
While researching an answer to a different question, I found that Martin Luther attempted to remove Hebrews, James, Jude and Revelation from the Bible.
What was his purpose in removing these four ...
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What were the main doctrinal disagreements between Luther and Calvin?
What were the main doctrinal disagreements between Luther and Calvin? Can anybody give an overview, please?
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When and how did Martin Luther arrive at the justification by faith?
When and how did Martin Luther arrive at the justification by faith teaching? Was it something that he came up with as a result of his stance against the indulgences and later against the Pope, or did ...
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What was Martin Luther's perspective on the early Christian church?
Was Luther's belief that the church's foundation was faulty to begin with, or that through time it fell into an apostate state and needed to be reformed back?
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What is the basis for Lutheran single predestination, as opposed to double predestination?
I was reading this question, What were the main doctrinal disagreements between Luther and Calvin?, and one of the differences between the two was Calvin believed in double predestination, while ...
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What made Luther a heretic and not a schismatic?
I know the difference between heresy and schism, but I don't know why various Protestant reformation leaders, Martin Luther in particular, wouldn't have been satisfied by merely being a schismatic ...
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Is it true that Luther intentionally mistranslated Romans 3:28? [duplicate]
I recently listened to Dr. Scott Hahn's conversion testimony. One thing that really jumped out at me was that Dr. Hahn stated that Luther purposely inserted the German word "allein" (alone) into ...
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Can someone help me cite Luther's explanation of faith alone to Catholics
So, I've seen this quoted in The Faith of Millions, and on the Internet
"You tell me what a great fuss the Papists are making because the word ‘alone’ is not in the text of Paul. If your Papist ...
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What were the reformers' views of biblical inerrancy?
I have never researched but am very curious what views of Biblical Inerrancy did the reformers generally hold, such as Luther and Calvin?
I found these description about different kinds of views:
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Did Martin Luther teach penal substitution?
The Wikipedia article on Penal Substitution states (under the heading "Differing views"):
Critics, however, argue that the theory of penal substitution is solely a later development, only forming ...
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What did Luther have against Zwingli?
According to 131 Christians Everyone Should Know:*
[Martin Luther] mocked fellow reformers, especially Swiss reformer Ulrich Zwingli, and used vulgar language in doing so.
What was Luther's ...
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What level of will-power do humans have according to Luther?
Luther wrote a very forceful book about original sin and predestination called 'On the Bondage of the will'. In it Luther opposes the idea of free-will, defined as a person's power to do good without ...
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Is it true that Luther claimed Popes and priests commonly practiced sodomy?
This is a simple historical Q & A question regarding the rumor that Luther made this fairly inflammatory accusation. The question is simple. Is there any solid proof that Luther really thought ...
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Is it true that Luther didn't consider anyone of the Catholic clergy to be a member of the true Church of God?
Someone told me that Luther had a teaching about the true invisible Church that was a far cry from what could be seen as the Church at his time. Is it true that Luther didn't consider anyone of the ...
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Was Martin Luther wrong about baptizing infants?
Toward the end of his life, Martin Luther was extremely critical of the Anabaptists and considered them to be heretics. This inspired terrible treatment of the Anabaptists at the hands of the German ...
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Did Martin Luther ever admit that his approval of Philip's bigamy was wrong?
I recently learned that in 1540, Martin Luther secretly approved of the bigamous marriage of Philip of Hesse. Philip had married for political purposes, and then fell in love with someone else. ...
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Did Luther add a word to Romans 3?
There are many who have pointed out that Luther added the word, "alone" to Romans 3:28 (you can read one such example in this question) so that the Luther Bible reads:
for we reckon a man to be ...
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Why did Luther curse those who oppose indulgences?
In the 95 Theses, Luther makes a stand against corruption in the Catholic church of that day. This resulted in events leading to the separation between the Catholic and Protestant churches.
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Did Martin Luther believe the Church needed to be reformed before the Great Schism of 1054AD, or after?
I think its safe to say that Martin Luther, being one of the fathers of Protestantism, was primarily at odds with the Roman Church. He posted his 95 theses to confront what he thought to be ...
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Which of Luther's 95 Theses are still potentially valid critiques of Roman Catholicism?
Pope Leo X enumerated 41 positions that he required Luther to recant from in order to be restored to communion with the Latin Church. Presumably, he wasn't all that excited about some of the other ...
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Source for this alleged quote from Martin Luther?
The following quote is often attributed to Martin Luther:
"When I look at myself, I don't see how I can be saved. When I look at Christ, I don't see how I can be lost."
However, after an ...
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What were the major disagreements between Erasmus and Luther during the Protestant Reformation?
Although Erasmus inspired many of Luther's ideas, they disagreed on many subjects, such as whether the Catholic Church should have a moral reform or a reform of beliefs.
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Is "A mighty fortress is our God" anti-Catholic?
So there's a hymn called A mighty fortress is our God (Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott), written by Martin Luther; there's also a famous version by J. S. Bach. It is a call to arms against the devil, ...
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Did Martin Luther take exception to the gospels in any way?
I was watching a video* that was about the "heresy" of Protestantism. It briefly discussed Martin Luther and his exceptions with certain books. He removed the so called "apocrypha" and also took ...
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According to Catholicism, what is wrong with Luther's doctrine of ubiquity?
One of John Calvin's arguments against transubstantiation and consubstantiation was that the body of Christ, as a human body, could not be in more than one place at a time. His view of the Eucharist ...
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Why did Luther not support iconoclasm like some other reformers?
During the Reformation, Protestant reformers such as Huldrych Zwingli and John Calvin promoted Iconoclasm among their followers. I have found information about Luther opposing it, but little about why....
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Why doesn't the Catholic Church give indulgences to everybody, regardless of their works?
In learning about indulgences, I started to wonder why a work was necessary for the giving of an indulgence. In looking at the Catechism of the Catholic Church, it appears to me that a work is ...
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How did Luther view relics, like the 'preserved head of John the Baptist'?
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Roman Catholic tradition holds that the head on display in San Silvestro in Capite in Rome is that of John the Baptist, discovered for the second time, as also maintained by Pope ...
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What did Luther think of the Eastern Orthodox and vice versa?
When the Reformation began to take hold, the Orthodox may have been in decline, but were definately still present. I'm curious to know what what the two "breakaways" thought of each other - is it a ...
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Was there ever a "Martin Luther" or a reformation in the Eastern Orthodox Church?
The protestant reformation had a large impact on the Catholic Church, but even know much of the reformers concerns apply to the Eastern Orthodox Church as well, it seems that there never was a ...
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Did Martin Luther effectively teach that our justification is like white snow covering over dung?
Over the internet I have come across posts like this that say
Luther stated that our sinful state is much like the piles of manure.
It is ugly, repulsive and offensive. There is nothing in it ...
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Was Tetzel robbed by a man who had preemptively bought an indulgence?
Wikipedia recounts a story told by Martin Luther about Johann Tetzel. It goes a little something like this:
Tetzel was in Leipzig selling indulgences. After collecting a large sum of money, Tetzel ...
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Which was the first Roman Catholic hymnal to include Martin Luther's "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"?
Recently I learned that modern Roman Catholic hymnals include Martin Luther's well-known hymn, A Mighty Fortress Is Our God. Investigating further on hymnary.org, however, I find that the song is not ...
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Who won the Leipzig Debate between Martin Luther and Johann Eck?
Who won the Leipzig debate between Martin Luther and Johann Eck? What was the final conclusion? How did it affect to the Reformation? Is a transcript of the debate available online?
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Who were the main Protestant precursors?
While Martin Luther is the origin of a particular protestant-reformist movement named Lutheran and of its derivative churches, it's unclear to me whether he should be considered responsible to the ...
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Martin Luther's take on Roman Catholic clergy individuals living (immediately) before him
Is there any evidence that Martin Luther considered any of the Roman Catholic clergymen who lived in the centuries preceding his own lifetime (evidence related to those living in the centuries ...
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Martin Luther: "Therefore it is not a Christian Church either"?
Martin Luther, The Large Catechism, The Apostles' Creed, Article III, paragraphs 43-45:
43] For where He does not cause it to be preached and made alive in
the heart, so that it is understood, it ...
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Was there ever a version of the Apostles creed that had the words "Holy Christian Church" in it?
I was looking up a reference for another question on this site and stumbled across something Martin Luther wrote which struck me as odd:
In the Apostolic Creed we confess: "I believe in the holy ...
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How did Martin Luther addressed the problem on the Biblical canon?
Martin Luther produced a german translation of the Bible, known as Luther's Bible. The books and the order in which they appear forms a the canon of that translation, known as Luther's Canon.
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The Epitome of the Formula of Concord- Free will in Lutheranism
On "Free Will" The Epitome of the Formula of Concord, on negative (rejected) doctrines, first paragraph states:
The delirium [insane dogma] of philosophers who are called Stoics, as
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How did Erasmus reply to the free will arguments made by Luther in his "On the Bondage of the Will" book?
The 1524-1526 debate between Erasmus and Martin Luther on free will (plus related issues) conducted in print has been regarded as "one of the most famous exchanges in Western intellectual history&...
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Why did Luther add the word 'alone' to Romans 3:28? [duplicate]
Luther added the German word "allein" (alone) to Romans 3:28 despite the fact that it is not in the Greek texts. Why did Luther add the word 'alone' to Romans 3:28?
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