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How is Martin Luther biased in his 95 Theses?

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and his "On The Freedom of a Christian"?

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i am doing my homework...but i need help. i'm not judging anyone. i'm just trying to answer this question so i can NOT another essay. thanks

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    Lv 7
    10 years ago
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    The Bible helped a lot, as I understand it. The Roman Catholics place a couple of things equal to the authority of the Bible. So the Bible itself as an authority over those two other things that the Roman Catholics rely on was sufficient for Luther to become biased. It biases me all the time. The fabric of my opinion and outlook is woven into a particular direction. The Roman Catholic have problems with scripture because of the bias added by those other things which compete with their understanding.

    bias

    noun

    1.an oblique or diagonal line of direction, especially across a woven fabric.

    2.a particular tendency or inclination, especially one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question; prejudice.

    3.Statistics. a systematic as opposed to a random distortion of a statistic as a result of sampling procedure.

    4.Lawn Bowling.

    a.a slight bulge or greater weight on one side of the ball or bowl.

    b.the curved course made by such a ball when rolled.

    5.Electronics. the application of a steady voltage or current to an active device, as a diode or transistor, to produce a desired mode of operation.

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bias

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    By contrast, the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox Churches teach that the Scriptures are not the only infallible source of Christian doctrine. For them Scripture is but one of three equal authorities; the other two being Sacred Tradition and the episcopacy.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sola_Scriptura

  • “There is on earth among all dangers no more dangerous thing than a richly endowed and adroit reason, especially if she enters into spiritual matters which concern the soul and God. For it is more possible to teach an *** to read than to blind such a reason and lead it right; for reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed....Faith must trample underfoot all reason, sense, and understanding, and whatever it sees it must put out of sight, and wish to know nothing but the word of God.

    --Martin Luther

    Tell you anything?

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Martin Luther was a hireling and proved it so by his bigotry against the Jewish people. He actually was the spark that caused the flame of the Shoah in Germany.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    I want to know why people who follow Luther have not done the following

    Martin Luther, Founder of the Reform, Speaks on Mary

    In his sermon of August 15, 1522, the last time Martin Luther preached on the Feast of the Assumption, he stated:

    There can be no doubt that the Virgin Mary is in heaven. How it happened we do not know. And since the Holy Spirit has told us nothing about it, we can make of it no article of faith . . . It is enough to know that she lives in Christ.

    The veneration of Mary is inscribed in the very depths of the human heart. (Sermon, September 1, 1522).

    [She is the] highest woman and the noblest gem in Christianity after Christ . . . She is nobility, wisdom, and holiness personified. We can never honor her enough. Still honor and praise must be given to her in such a way as to injure neither Christ nor the Scriptures. (Sermon, Christmas, 1531).

    No woman is like you. You are more than Eve or Sarah, blessed above all nobility, wisdom, and sanctity. (Sermon, Feast of the Visitation, 1537).

    One should honor Mary as she herself wished and as she expressed it in the Magnificat. She praised God for his deeds. How then can we praise her? The true honor of Mary is the honor of God, the praise of God's grace . . . Mary is nothing for the sake of herself, but for the sake of Christ . . . Mary does not wish that we come to her, but through her to God. (Explanation of the Magnificat, 1521).

    Luther gives the Blessed Virgin the exalted position of "Spiritual Mother" for Christians:

    It is the consolation and the superabundant goodness of God, that man is able to exult in such a treasure. Mary is his true Mother .. (Sermon, Christmas, 1522)

    Mary is the Mother of Jesus and the Mother of all of us even though it was Christ alone who reposed on her knees . . . If he is ours, we ought to be in his situation; there where he is, we ought also to be and all that he has ought to be ours, and his mother is also our mother. (Sermon, Christmas, 1529).

    Martin Luther had the belief of Mary's Immaculate Conception, Luther's words follow:

    It is a sweet and pious belief that the infusion of Mary's soul was effected without original sin; so that in the very infusion of her soul she was also purified from original sin and adorned with God's gifts, receiving a pure soul infused by God; thus from the first moment she began to live she was free from all sin" (Sermon: "On the Day of the Conception of the Mother of God," 1527).

    She is full of grace, proclaimed to be entirely without sin- something exceedingly great. For God's grace fills her with everything good and makes her devoid of all evil. (Personal {"Little"} Prayer Book, 1522).

    Martin Luther on Mary's Perpetual Virginity

    Here are some of the founders of refom commenting on Mary:

    Christ, our Savior, was the real and natural fruit of Mary's virginal womb . . . This was without the cooperation of a man, and she remained a virgin after that.

    {Luther's Works, eds. Jaroslav Pelikan (vols. 1-30) & Helmut T. Lehmann (vols. 31-55), St. Louis: Concordia Pub. House (vols. 1-30); Philadelphia: Fortress Press (vols. 31-55), 1955, v.22:23 / Sermons on John, chaps. 1-4 (1539) }

    Christ . . . was the only Son of Mary, and the Virgin Mary bore no children besides Him . . . I am inclined to agree with those who declare that 'brothers' really mean 'cousins' here, for Holy Writ and the Jews always call cousins brothers.

    {Pelikan, ibid., v.22:214-15 / Sermons on John, chaps. 1-4 (1539) }

    A new lie about me is being circulated. I am supposed to have preached and written that Mary, the mother of God, was not a virgin either before or after the birth of Christ . . .

    {Pelikan, ibid.,v.45:199 / That Jesus Christ was Born a Jew (1523) }

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    The only thing he's biased towards is the word of God which he always used as his standard.

  • 10 years ago

    Oh, do supply it.

    I love you, Fireball.

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