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Charles - Martin Luther - Reformation
Charles - Martin Luther - Reformation
Read the article about Martin Luther and answer the following questions.
7) What did Luther do with the Bible which made it more accessible?
The Lutheran Church taught that the Bible, not the Pope, has the final
authority over what is right or wrong. It taught that people can be saved by
faith.
21. Therefore those 21. The preachers who say Only God can forgive
preachers of indulgences a person’s soul is saved sins, not indulgences
are in error, who say that through the sale of the
by the pope's indulgences a Pope’s indulgences is
wrong;
man is freed from every
penalty, and saved;
36. Every truly repentant 36. Every Christian who is You don’t have to
Christian has a right to full truly sorry for his errors pay to be forgiven
remission of penalty and has the right to be
guilt, even without letters forgiven, without buying
indulgences.
of pardon.