And also REMOVE some of those pesky books of scripture that did not agree with his ideas of how things should be... (because he knew what was best for those common peopleOriginally Posted by Pa3s
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*There were twenty-seven editions of the Bible in German before Luther published his own translation.
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"A man with a definite belief always appears bizarre, because he does not change with the world; he has climbed into a fixed star, and the earth whizzes below him like a zoetrope."
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"Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the Church, is often labeled today as fundamentalism... Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and swept along
by every wind of teaching, looks like the only
attitude acceptable to today's standards." - Pope Benedict the XVI, "The Dictatorship of Relativism"
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Why did "the Church" take so long to translate the bible into regional languages (and even longer to translate into a form that the layperson could understand)? It was only because of the external force of Protestantism that they actually got round to it at all.And also REMOVE some of those pesky books of scripture that did not agree with his ideas of how things should be... (because he knew what was best for those common people
*There were twenty-seven editions of the Bible in German before Luther published his own translation.
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Attacking Luther is not especially meaningful: you are attacking someone who had faults, but who was "less bad" than the Church (certainly far less evil than many of the Popes at the time), and actually understood Christian theology better than the Catholic hierarchy did.
Also, as we've discussed before, what the Catholics consider part of the bible was only actually formerly determined around the time of Luther, more than 15 centuries after the alleged time of Jesus. Further, with things like the Catechism of the Catholic Church: what are considered core Catholic teachings are actually longer than the bible itself, which illustrates well about the sort of indulgence Luther campaigned against.
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What books did he remove and what information did they include? Besides, the catholic priests only told the people what was convenient for them, so they're not any better.And also REMOVE some of those pesky books of scripture that did not agree with his ideas of how things should be... (because he knew what was best for those common people
I know it wasn't the first translation, but the most important one. Its success was heavily boosted by the printing press, Luther's activism and the interests of the wordly nobles.*There were twenty-seven editions of the Bible in German before Luther published his own translation.
He was also an outspoken antisemite and a sexist. But back in the day, everyone was. It's hardly fair to measure people according to today's standards.
If you're looking for a more moral and egalitarian contemporary with similar goals try Thomas Müntzer.
„Man can do what he wants but he cannot want what he wants.“
– Arthur Schopenhauer
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