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    The document discusses Martin Luther and his challenges to the Catholic Church through his 95 Theses. Luther questioned Catholic practices like indulgences and held that only God can pardon sins, not the Church. He published the 95 Theses to debate reforms rather than undermine the Church. The theses led to significant reforms in the Catholic Church.

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    The document discusses Martin Luther and his challenges to the Catholic Church through his 95 Theses. Luther questioned Catholic practices like indulgences and held that only God can pardon sins, not the Church. He published the 95 Theses to debate reforms rather than undermine the Church. The theses led to significant reforms in the Catholic Church.

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    Martin Luther: Challenges to the Catholic Church

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    Martin Luther: Challenges to the Catholic Church

    The above topic is intriguing and thus the reason for its selection for use in the final

    paper. Such an assertion comes from the fact that Luther’s beliefs in justification saw him

    question a significant section of the Catholic Church practice such as self-indulgence. The idea

    of indulgence never made sense to him as he did not believe in the Catholic Church’s power to

    pardon sinners. He held the assertion that only God had the powers to show mercy on people

    who sinned rather than the church authority which compelled individuals to buying their

    salvation. A critical and comprehensive look into the Ninety-Five Theses would give a better

    insight of Luther’s perspective on the challenges to the Catholic Church as an institution.

    This topic is also intriguing based on the fact that Luther categorically specified that his

    development of the aforementioned thesis was not a move to bring down the Catholic Church.

    Instead, he wanted it to act as an avenue through which other scholars as well as members of the

    public could bring forth their ideas about the church and engage him in a debate to reason out

    with them. He was providing an avenue that allowed for diversified perspectives about the

    Catholic Church. The thesis played a pertinent role in the shaping of the Catholic Church and

    this is so because it led to numerous significant reforms being made in the said institution.

    Therefore, it is true to argue that this topic is bound to develop interesting research ideologies;

    and this explains why I selected it for the final paper.


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    Diffusion of Radical Innovations: Martin Luther’s Leadership in the Early

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    Luther, M., & Calvin, J. On the Church. The Schmalkald Articles.

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    Movement, and the World Council of Churches. The Ecumenical Review, 70(2), 247-263.

    Neuner, P. (2021). Martin Luther Between His Message and the Celebration of His Fifth

    Centenary. In Ecumenical Perspectives Five Hundred Years After Luther’s

    Reformation (pp. 29-44). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

    Oudri, G. (2019). Martin Luther and the Seven Sacraments: A Contemporary Protestant

    Reappraisal [review]/Brewer, Brian C.

    Schild, M. (2020). Anglicanism: Catholic Evangelical or Evangelical Catholic? Essays

    ecumenical and polemical. Homage to Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Hans Küng, Martin Luther

    and John Henry Newman. Lutheran Theological Journal, 54(2), 151-152.

    SJ, P. M. F. (2022). Martin Luther and the Council of Trent: The Battle over Scripture and the

    Doctrine of Justification. University of Notre Dame Pess.

    Van Niekerk, B. (2018). Martin Luther and Beyers Naudé: driven by conscience. HTS

    Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 74(3).


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    Wendebourg, D. (2019). Martin Luther: Visionary Reformer by Scott Hendrix. Lutheran

    Quarterly, 33(2), 197-201.

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