Martin Luther

Martin Luther, O.S.A. (; )Namun, Luther sendiri meyakini bahwa ia dilahirkan pada tahun 1484.   ima sada profesor teologi, komponis, imom, dot datu Luther consistently referred to himself as a former monk. For example: "Thus formerly, when I was a monk, I used to hope that I would be able to pacify my conscience with the fastings, the praying, and the vigils with which I used to afflict my body in a way to excite pity. But the more I sweat, the less quiet and peace I felt; for the true light had been removed from my eyes." Martin Luther, Lectures on Genesis: Chapters 45-50, ed. Jaroslav Jan Pelikan, Hilton C. Oswald, and Helmut T. Lehmann, vol. 8 Luther’s Works. (Saint Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1999), 5:326. markebangsoan Jerman, dot sada tokoh marpengaruh i Reformasi Protestan.

Luther manjadi panontang sadebana ajaran dot karejo Gareja Katolik Roma. Ia sangat mambantah pandangan Katolik satontang indulgensi sanga songondia na iboto nia, molo kabebasan tingon ukuman ibaen dosa bisa ituor dohot epeng. Luther mangusulkon sada musawarat akademis saputar praktik dot kaefektifan indulgensi i 95 Tesis karionia taon 1517. Panulakannia tu manarik mulak sude ajaran i tulisan-tulisannia i pangidoan Paus Leo X i 1520 dot Kaisar Romawi Naias Karl V i 1521 i Sidang Worms mambaen ekskomunikasinia ni si paus do pamakluman ibana manjadi sada pangalanggar uhum ning si kaisar.

Luther mangajarkon molo kaselamatan dot, konsekuensinia, hangoluan kekal inda dapot dohot parange-parange nadenggan, tai itarimo ni alak purcaya samata-mata manjadi anugerah bebas tingon rahmat Allah lewat iman i Jesus Kristus manjadi panobus ni dosa. Teologinia manontang otoritas dot jabatan kapausan dohot mangajarkon molo Alkitab ima sada-sadana sumber parbinotoan na iwahyuon sacara ilahiah tingon Allah Ewald M. Plass, What Luther Says, 3 vols., (St. Louis: CPH, 1959), 88, no. 269; M. Reu, Luther and the Scriptures, (Columbus, Ohio: Wartburg Press, 1944), 23. dot manantang sakerdotalisme dohot mamandang sude alak Karisten manjadi imom na kudus.

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