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Basically good works wont get you into heaven. Also i find the Catholic faith to "Showboaty" in other words what i am trying to say is that catholics put too much emphasis on having pretty looking things....like crosses that look like gold and are studded with pretty looking jewels and things.
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There is a mentality that you are missing here, sir. While it is that I can see how you arrived at this idea, I don't agree that it is fitting. The Catholic Church is acting biblically by building grand churches to God replete with fine craftsmanship and artistry. Consider Solomon's temple. For a person to undershoot the biblical mandate to excellence in all things simply because they wish to appear unassuming is not exactly a humble standard, is it? It is false humility, as far as I understand.
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This is where the lutheran and protestant denomination came in. They did not like how the catholic church did things back in the day because sooo much of it was against what the bible had to say. Notice protestant (protest). Look this stuff up and you will find people like Oliver Cromwell and Martin Luther (lutheran). These two guys were key players in the rebellion (w/e u wanna call it) against the catholic church.
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Being a Lutheran, there is something in your quote I have to take issue with: namely, the notion that Dr. Martin Luther simply rebelled. Be careful not to water the events down so much that you dehydrate the truth from them. Dr. Luther did what was customary in his day by posting his 95 Theses (which was done, by the way, after his original 97 Theses were ignored) on the castle door at Wittenburg: he called for a debate. It would be the same as eliciting a debate here at Volconvo; that is, expected, and normal.
When Dr. Luther's theses received negative attention without the expected debates taking place, he was forced by Dr. Johannes Eck, the pre-eminent Catholic theologian of the day, to recant or be brought to trial. Dr. Luther refused to recant, from whence comes the famous phrase "here I stand; I can do no other." He was then exiled, hunted as an outlaw, and forced to live in hiding for a number of years under the protection of a noble friend in Saxony (Northern Germany).
The implicit point: Dr. Luther never intended, nor wanted to break from the Catholic Church. Hence the great reformation documents contained in
The Augsburg Confession, which are a compilation of
The Marburg Articles, The Torgau Articles and
The Schwabach Articles. They were meant to show where Dr. Luther and friends agreed with the Catholic Church, and where they desired to see reform "in head and members." That is, from the leaders down through the laity.
It was not a rebellion so much as an unfortunate chasing out of a theologian. If you want to note a purely rebellious group, you might consider the Anabaptists (Mennonites, Brethren In Christ, etc.). Theirs is a history beginning entirely in rebellion and immaturity.
Cheers!
Christopher J. Freeman