Church In History and Major Christian Denominations

Martin Luther, Church in History:

Martin Luther created an immense impact and a turning point on the Western Civilization and to the history of the Catholic Church through his 95 theses, they challenged the Pope, Rome and the Catholic Church and ultimately lead to others taking a stand against the churches way and actions therefore leading to a religious revolution. Martin’s impact on the church began when he devoted his life to becoming a monk and joining a monastery however, even though Martin devoted and dedicated himself to the monastery and God, peace with God still eluded him. He spent most of his time in the study of the Holy Book and soon Luther realised the true meaning penance and righteousness and it was in 1510 when Luther was sent to Rome on an errand for his order that he saw and recognised the wrong doing of the Church, the sale of indulgence, the lack of morality and piety of the local clergy and the luxurious lifestyle of the Pope Leo X, all of this wrong-doing of the Chuch lead to Luther writing his 95 theses. Luther was shocked by the fact that Christians payed for indulgence, believe that if they paid money their sins would be forgiven, and specifically wrote about it in his 95 theses, “46. Christians are to be taught he who sees a man in need, and passes by him, and give his money for pardons, purchases not the indulgence of the pope but the indignation of God” (Luther, 95 Theses 45th statement 1517), Luther saw the wrong of indulgence when he hear Johann Tetzel, a Catholic Church Friar, Say “As soon as the coin in the coffer rings, The soul from the purgatory springs” and believed that giving money to the Church, in order for the forgiveness of sin, but not to the needy was wrong and against God’s teachings. He believe that it was the Churches gried and desire for money that lead to the