Essay On Martin Luther Heretic

Is the church really what it seems to be?Martin Luther was a theologian born in 1483 in Germany who changed the history of church forever. He became one of the most influential figures in the history of Christianity. Martin Luther was against some of the most basic tenets of Catolicism. Martin Luther thought that the church has been corrupted, and that it had become more like a business. In 1517 Martin Luther published the 95 theses which were basically an attack on the bad things the church had done, specifically the selling of indulgences. Because of these 95 theses Martin Luther was called a heretic by many. Heresy can be defined as “opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system.”(Heresy,1) To fully understand this we need to define doctrine. Doctrine can be defined as “a body or system of teachings relating to a particular subject”. The ´particular subject´ in this case is the church and the ´body or system of teachings´is scripture. I believe Luther was not a heretic because Pope Leo X did not care for the people, finally because he was just against the corruption in the church not against the scripture, and finally Luther was an innocent man who grew up surrounded by the scripture.

Firstly I believe Luther was not a heretic because Pope Leo X did not care for the people. …show more content…
The church was just labeling him as a heretic to make people believe that he was wrong and was just speaking blasphemy. Luther was a man devoted to Christ who wanted a reform in the Church, and ultimately he achieved it. Protestants were appearing from many places. Luther was a man that we should admire, instead of attacking him with labels as