He was a Catholic priest, who left his order.
Again, I’m really not sure why any protestant follows him.
If the Catholic Church really fell, then Luther was caught up into it and was not preserved.
“MLs main thorn in the church’s side was he translated the Bible into the language the people could read and denounced the selling of indulgences.”
What percentage of people could read German in those days? Everyone who was educated could read Latin. Remember, it’s not as if there were German public schools in those days, those didn’t come around until the Prussian model in the late 19th century.
What he did was translate it, yes, but most people could not read, and those who could, most could read Latin. He wanted his own translation so that he could be the one in charge and make a few bucks on the side.
As for selling indulgences, he wasn’t the only one against Simony, you might want to check out the Counter-Reformation, and many of the folks involved. Reform did happen within the Church, Luther wasn’t a part of it, though.
As for the Pope wanting to murder Luther? No. He was invited to come to the Council of Trent, just like Arius and Nestorius. The tradition of the Church is to invite both parties in the disagreement and hash things out. As have been posted, the Pope approved most of Luther’s reformation plan, accepting more than half of his 99 theses. So the Pope was willing to work with Luther to fix the problems that needed fixing.
Luther did burn anabaptists at stake though, for promoting heresy.
And the Catholic Church didn't want any competition. They had a monopoly on the salvation business and saw no reason to give that up.
Luther did burn anabaptists at stake though, for promoting heresy.
Don't know about that,but again, being steeped in Catholicism those nasty habits of rubbing out the naysayers may have taken over. The Inquisition was orchestrated by what institution? Any guesses?