Martin Luther's Views On Religion Analysis

Martin Luther, who wrote the Ninety-Five Theses of 1517, created the anti-Catholic rebellion. His perspective on religion was against everything that Catholicism taught. He believed that if a person imagines that they are going to be saved by good deeds, “falls as uneasily as he who falls from the true service of God to idolatry.” Good works, such as ceremonies and attendance to Mass, are idolizing God. To Martin this was the wrong way to approach religion. The main problems with the Roman Catholic church are the popes and religious officials are enemies of the church and megalomaniacs, while idolizing God through good works instead of faith.
Martin Luther chastised the popes and religious officials for being enemies of the church because they do not know or comprehend the gospel. “Pope, cardinals, bishops, not a soul of them has read the Bible; it is a book unknown to them.” Martin described the Roman Catholic popes and officials as unintelligent because they have not read the Bible. As previously mentioned, Martin thought badly of …show more content…
“The gospel preaches nothing of the merit of works; he that says the gospel requires work of salvation, I say, flat and plan, is a liar” Because the popes and religious officials do not know or comprehend what is in the Bible, they falsely teach about salvation. Martin states that in the gospel there is nothing about works of salvation is required. He called the popes and religious officials liars. He continues, “But a true Christian says: I am justified and saved only by faith in Christ, without any works or merits of my own;” Being saved by Christ is only infaith, if there is no faith but only good works the person is not going to be saved. Martin believes this is a problem for all Roman Catholics because they are not using their faith and using good works that they are not going to be saved and going to