Martin Luther Saint or Sinner?
Saint
Selling of Indulgences
Luther has many intentions to change the church for the greater good for many people so many may think of him as saint-like. He was realizing the corrupt way of the church when he saw that indulgences were being sold to everyone from the pope. Indulgences were supposed to forbid somes sins. This was out of the pope's power but he was still selling them for personal gain of money. This first image shows exactly what Luther was trying to prevent in his movement.
Pope Showers in the People's Money
The second picture represents how the pope was making money and using it for himself. He was selling indulgences and would then us that money that he got from the people and would throw parties and pay off debts with it. This action were exposed by Luther making a ground breaking impact on the people's opinion of the church.
Bible Translation
Luther is also seen as a saint to those who follow him because of the deeds he did for them such as translate the bible. He translated the bible into many languages so almost anyone in Europe was able to read the words of their lord and savior.
Sinner
Attack on Church
Many who stood against Martin Luther did so because they view what he was doing as an attack against the church
Unhappy Pope
The pope was unhappy with what Luther was doing because if people agreed with him and stopped buying indulgences then he wouldn't be able to make as much money. They also were upset at Luther for calling them corrupt as they felt they were just doing things the pope has a right to do.
No Eucharist
Finally people viewed Luther as a sinner because he didn't believe that people at church were actually eating the body of christ. This enraged much of the public as well as the church as they were extremely offended.
Works Cited
"Attack!". Google Images. 22 Dec. 2015.
"Body of Christ". Google Images. 22 Dec. 2015.
"Holy Bible". Google Images. 22 Dec. 2015.
"Indulgences". Google Images. 22 Dec. 2015."Nation Shall Rise". Google Images. 22 Dec. 2015.
"Pope Corruption". Google Images. 22 Dec. 2015.