Martin Luther

Title: Martin Luther
Category: Society & Culture / People | Words: 279 | Pages: 1.2 (approximately 235 words/page)

Martin Luther

The first sacrament that I found to be rejected by both Martin Luther and the peasants was penance. Martin Luther wrote: “absolutely none among outward things…has any influence in producing Christian righteousness or liberty.” What this quote means is that any outside force has no bearing on matters of the soul. This would void penances because the main idea behind them was to have a priest (an OUTWARD force) administer them to you. By …showed first 75 words of 279 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 279 total…spent lavishly on themselves and their surroundings. This spoke against it. The peasants would reject the idea of the holy order because of their second article. It says: “we are ready and willing to pay the fair tithe of grain…what remains shall be given to the poor.” The holy order would not flow with article two because much of the money went to the order itself with little going to the poor, if any.

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