Why did Martin Luther rebel against the Catholic Church and how has that effected history? Why do protestants exist?

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Why did Martin Luther rebel against the Catholic Church and how has that effected history?
 
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It was not the initial intention of Martin Luther to split from the Catholic Church. The biggest gripe Martin had against the Church was the sale of indulgences. Indulgences tale away the temporal punishment due to the sinner for the sins that they commit. For example, if you commit a sin and it is forgiven in the sacrament of penance, the sin is gone, but you still have to deal with consequences of the sin. Certain members of the clergy decided that the pious practice of giving alms could count and they further decided that why not give the alms to the church who could use it for worthy projects. Unfortunately, the practice went far beyond this goal as certain members of the clergy would line their pockets with the proceeds. This was NEVER something that the Church approved of but it happened and it was widespread. Martin protested and negotiations followed and Marin fell in amongst some bad companions who saw a way to make themselves rich by starting their own church and take appropriate the property of the Church to finance it. People fell away from the Church and started following Martin Luther’s teachings but his move to split the church into two did not last long because others such as Knox and Calvin and others split away from Martin Luther because they did not agree with all of his spirituality. This affected the spiritual lives of millions of people. Many were lured away to other doctrines and away from the Bread of Life, the Eucharist which is the very Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Christ. Today, we have at least thirty-thousand different denominations, each of them claiming to have the truth. It is all because of the pride of one man who in the end thought himself to be higher than the Church. The reformers would recoil in horror at the thousands of denominations that exist today. They would probably consider heretical many of the beliefs that are held by denominations that profess their name as being their founder. For example up until Roe vs Wade most of the denominations stood arm and arm with the Catholic Church in condemning abortion. Today, some of those denominations, usually by democratic vote say that abortion is okay. They would be horrified to see that homosexuality and same sex marriage has been approved by some of the denominations. On the other hand, they would recognize that the doctrines and beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church were the same as they were when they were alive. The “reformers” if they came back today would be more comfortable with the Roman Catholic Church than they would be with many of the denominations.
 
well… here is my thought… Martin Luther didn’t so much rebel against the Catholic Church more so than he did to the Roman Catholic Church. The first Vatican, the RCC, was erected during the First Ottoman Empire, which was after 100 A.D. The Vatican during those times was known as the Renaissance Vatican because it was developed during the Renaissance Period. So in essence, the Ottomans or Turks, besieged and took over Constantinople which was the initial stages of the Complete Fall of the Roman Empire. And while the Ottomans were ruling the Empire, they instituted schools of higher Education, Arts, Humanity, Science, etc… and so ‘allowed’ for the Christian Faith to reemerge as a Faith of the Empire.
 
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LOL book after book has been written about this issue, both pro- and anti- Luther.
But it’s cool you want to be informed, I’m assuming so you can have this discussion with people you know?
I was taught, that the long and short of it was this–
Luther saw some abuses
He wrote up his concerns on a price of paper and nailed to the Cathedral door at Wittenberg
Controversy ensued
Luther left the Church and founded his own

Naturally, you’ll get way better info from a book, and God bless you in your studies!
:pray:t2::pray:t2::pray:t2: for you and for all Christians
 
I actually just read in a book about John Tetzel, the monk who was the main seller of indulgences to which Luther objected, that after Luther objected to the indulgences initially, a lot of people in the Church blamed Tetzel and he became a bit of a pariah. But Luther moved on to object to many other areas of Church teaching, so indulgences were just the initial excuse/ motivation. When Tetzel was on his deathbed, Luther sent a message to him telling him to not blame himself because the indulgences being sold were not the main problem and Luther suggested the split would have happened anyway over other teachings.
 
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