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Martin Luther's Argument Against The Church

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As the lawyer of Martin Luther, I proclaim that he is innocent of all charges presented against him. He has been charged with heresy, starting revolt against the pope and Catholic Church, as well as preaching against the Catholic church and pope. Since his young adulthood, Martin made the decision to become an augustinian monk Since that day, he had been a loyal member of the Catholic church. He even became a priest for Wittenberg’s City Church. It was at Wittenburg that Mr. Luther began to question some of the practices of the Roman Church. For example, the Catholic Church had linked “membership” of the church with salvation. Martin Luther’s belief was that salvation could not be found in membership with the church, or in the hands of human beings. …show more content…

Instead he was preaching against the practices of the church. Martin Luther had nothing against the church, it was the sale of indulgences that bothered him. The church was very rich before they started selling indulgences, but instead of using their own money to build new churches and basilicas, they wanted to use everybody else’s money. Although the church was not charged with anything, Martin Luther was declared a heretic, an outlaw, and had a bounty put on his head. How is it that Martin is charged with heresy when in many aspects the church’s practices were wrong? They themselves had started to believe things different from their own doctrine. The church even made it a crime to teach and spread the writings by Martin Luther because they knew that they were doing wrong and Martin Luther had figured them out. As Martin said, “Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.” Martin Luther did everything that he did hoping that he could help the church be a better place, where everybody could enjoy the salvation of God. Instead he was prosecuted and condoned to death. Martin Luther is not guilty of all the charges presented against

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