Martin Luther and 95 Reasons

Martin Luther discovers the truth about faith and God’s grace. He shares this amazing revelation with the world. This brings peace to those who embrace it.
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.””
‭‭Romans 1:16-17
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[@PhilipYunker]

Whilst the Catholic church has had many bad people inside of it, this does not give a reason to split from it. Splitting amongst ourselves only gives way to evildoers (Not that the Catholic church has ever been full of evildoers). We all must return to the one, true, holy, catholic and apostolic church in Rome that is headed by the pope and through which Christ gives us salvation.

[@clubGroup180]

Martin Luther didn’t want to split from the Catholic Church. He wanted to bring it back to the principles of scripture. The powers that be didn’t want that, so Luther was forced out by the church. Unity is important but not at the cost of Biblical principle. The Catholic Church today still adheres to many of the things Luther protested using scripture. For example, grace is a free gift and not something earned or purchased. Let’s unify on truth not compromise.

[@PhilipYunker]

@@clubGroup180 Grace was never purchased, and an indulgence is not a purchasing of grace. You are correct. Martin Luther never intended to split from the church. He was excommunicated. However, Lutherans nowadays make up only around 8% of Protestants. Besides Hussites, every other Protestant denomination is the result of a split from another.

[@NickJohnsonCom]

@@PhilipYunker I looked up indulgences in The US Catechism for adults (2009 ed). Page 244. "Prayer, fasting, almsgiving, and other works of charity can take away entirely or diminish this temporal punishment. Because of the fullness of redemption obtained for us by Christ, the Church attaches to certain prayers and actions and indulgence or pardon, that is, the full or partial remission of temporal punishment due to sin." This sounds like Christ's forgiveness is not enough. Charity and sacrifice of our time and money to support the church should come from the place of a changed heart, not because we have to complete our pardon through our works or financial contributions.

[@PhilipYunker]

⁠​⁠@@NickJohnsonCom​​⁠”Temporal” is the key word here. Temporal punishment, or temporary punishment, is punishment received from God on Earth or in Purgatory for sins. It is often received even after we are forgiven (e.g. King David, etc.). You are right in that charity and sacrifice should come from the heart, not from desire for remission of punishment. In the same way that a man who confesses to God and is not sorry is not truly forgiven and absolved, a man who does good works and does not desire to help others does not have temporal punishment remitted.