[RobbyS]

At the Diet of Worms, where Luther was called to defend himself, the Emperor Charles V asked that very same thing of Luther. Luther's position, of course, was that only the Bible could be trusted to give a true picture of the early Church. So popes, councils, Fathers of the Church--all wrong. because they did not agree with Luther's interpretation of Scripture or, for that matter, Luther's definition of what was Scripture.

[Destro]

The Bible talks and tells the reader that what he read and understood is correct? There is a misconception that the Bishops tell their churches what the Bible says. In reality the churches of Latins and Greeks obey an Ecumenical council--7 in all where all the major Bishops came-debated-argued-thought over and then voted on what the authoritative meaning of those words were. The Protestants of course came at a tome where the Pope acted as his own Ecumenical council - so they were right to question Papal authority on the bible but they were wrong to trust what true Christianity is to personal innovations and interpretations.

[american colleen]

Luther - movie hitting the theatres this fall. Joseph Fiennes plays the lead.