The Life Of Martin Luther

             secured their salvation. They also, believed that if the money jingles in the box, souls are.
             delievered from pungatory and all the sins will be foreign through a letter of indulgence(Neil, 21). .
             Luther fears that urging people to seek escape from divine punishment through indulgences would.
             lead them away from true sorrow for their sins and into a dangerous sense of false.
             security(Judith,21). Luther defined Protestantism as a theological issues. At first was to.
             salvation. The Catholic called salvation as attained through faith and good works. He said that.
             salvation by the faith. He urged people to read the scriptures and reflect on the that reading. .
             Luther agreed with Catholic teaching that Church conbsists of the entire community of Christan.
             believers, but disagreed with the Church bein identified by the clergy(Boehmenr, 192). Luther.
             was known on his theology he taught in his professional life. In Luther's faith he was thought to.
             the revolution and led against the vast organization of the Catholic Church. He blieve that the.
             Church, which wielded soom immense power over the whole western world, had imprisoned the.
             gospel of God's forgiveness in a rigid system of laws and rules and power of politics. He believed.
             that people are justified solely throught the faith in God's promise that Christ died for their.
             salvation. In other words it shows that when sinful people trust the scriptural message the Christ.
             died for their sins, Christ takes their place before God's judgement seat and God finds them not.
             quilty for Christ sake(Neil, 25). Starting the Peasants" War Luther had found great support and .
             sympathy amongst the poor peasants, who were by far the largest class in Germany. They heard.
             the oppression of freedom from every oppression by their landlords as well as oppression of the.
             clergy. His ideas encouraged by the agitators who wanted to use his ideas. For political lends, he.
             sympathized with the peasants and was openly critical of the wealthy rulers and landlords who.