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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a Catholic priest and Augustinianmonk who questioned certain policies and points of theology of the Roman Catholic Church of his time.
Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a Catholic priest and Augustinianmonk who questioned certain policies and points of theology of the Roman Catholic Church of his time.
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In 1517? he posted a document known as the [95 Theses]? on the door of the church in Wittenburg, Germany. In the 95 Theses he objected to many policies and doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church. Luther's action was in great part a response to the selling of indulgence?s by Johann Tetzel a Dominican (need to check this)priest. Luther's charges directly challenged the position of the clergy as regards to individual salvation. From the viewpoint of the Church, Luther's views were at least schismatic, and possibly heretical. Consequently Luther was called to defend his theses at the Diet of Worms in 1521.
In 1517? he posted a document known as the [95 Theses]? on the door of the church in Wittenburg, Germany. In the 95 Theses, he objected to many policies and doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church. Luther's action was in great part a response to the selling of indulgence?s by Johann Tetzel, a Dominican priest. Luther's charges directly challenged the position of the clergy as regards to individual salvation. From the viewpoint of the Church, Luther's views were at least schismatic, and possibly heretical. Consequently Luther was called to defend his theses at the Diet of Worms in 1521.
The translation of the Old Testament followed in 1534. He chose to omit parts of the Old Testament that were found in the Greek Septuagint but not in the Hebrew Masoretic texts then available. Those parts were eventually omitted by nearly all Protestants, and are known in Protestant circles as the Apocrypha.
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