Citing appropriate primary sources, discuss the reasons for Martin Luther’s break with the Catholic Church and his “radical” views on the role of the Papacy, the road to salvation, and the special nature of the priesthood.
Martin Luther who was German monk, a professor of theology, Catholic priest and an influential figure of the sixteenth century crusade in Christianity which later came to be referred to as the Protestant Reformation. His controversial break from the Catholic Church and his “radical” views on the role of the Papacy, the road to salvation, and the special nature of the priesthood made him more a significant figure in the Christian faith. He did strongly differ with the assertion that liberty from God's penalty for sin could …show more content…
Luther’s theology confronted the authority vested on the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, he taught that the Bible was the only foundation of divinely shown knowledge from God and stood against sacerdotalism by bearing in mind and in his teachings that all baptized Christians were holy and in priesthood (Ewald M. Plass, 1959). The individuals who recognized and stood with these and many of all other Luther's broader teachings are often referred to as Lutherans. Through all his teachings, Luther though insisted that Christian was the only suitable and acceptable name for individuals who acknowledged …show more content…
This radical idea was to some extent shocking to equals, who had taken up primitive ideas on divine kingship, in which the king was chosen by God for the express tenacity of serving as a sort of heavenly deputy on earth, maintaining law, order and justice. Machiavelli suggests that if the prince wants to maintain his rule, then he must pick up and not to be so virtuous, and to make use of this or not according to need this he relates to God who he says "God does not want to do everything Himself, and take away from us our free will and our share of glory which belongs us." In this he says the prince will be able to serve the people and maintain his rule. Machiavelli in his book The Prince also uses a quote that “The ends justify the means.” This was Machiavelli's line in which he used to refer to people’s existing life patterns. In giving his illustrations from the book The Prince it is clear that he makes a reference that in life given an end which is profitable enough, any means, even those that are immoral are justifiable, this is as per his descriptions regarding human beings, their traits and life
Martin Luther who was German monk, a professor of theology, Catholic priest and an influential figure of the sixteenth century crusade in Christianity which later came to be referred to as the Protestant Reformation. His controversial break from the Catholic Church and his “radical” views on the role of the Papacy, the road to salvation, and the special nature of the priesthood made him more a significant figure in the Christian faith. He did strongly differ with the assertion that liberty from God's penalty for sin could …show more content…
Luther’s theology confronted the authority vested on the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, he taught that the Bible was the only foundation of divinely shown knowledge from God and stood against sacerdotalism by bearing in mind and in his teachings that all baptized Christians were holy and in priesthood (Ewald M. Plass, 1959). The individuals who recognized and stood with these and many of all other Luther's broader teachings are often referred to as Lutherans. Through all his teachings, Luther though insisted that Christian was the only suitable and acceptable name for individuals who acknowledged …show more content…
This radical idea was to some extent shocking to equals, who had taken up primitive ideas on divine kingship, in which the king was chosen by God for the express tenacity of serving as a sort of heavenly deputy on earth, maintaining law, order and justice. Machiavelli suggests that if the prince wants to maintain his rule, then he must pick up and not to be so virtuous, and to make use of this or not according to need this he relates to God who he says "God does not want to do everything Himself, and take away from us our free will and our share of glory which belongs us." In this he says the prince will be able to serve the people and maintain his rule. Machiavelli in his book The Prince also uses a quote that “The ends justify the means.” This was Machiavelli's line in which he used to refer to people’s existing life patterns. In giving his illustrations from the book The Prince it is clear that he makes a reference that in life given an end which is profitable enough, any means, even those that are immoral are justifiable, this is as per his descriptions regarding human beings, their traits and life