Question

What does luther say is the true treasure of the church? 2. what does luther say about buying pardons (indulgences)? 3. judging from all of these, what is luther's opinion on the position of the pope? 4. rather than buying pardons, people should spend their money on what? 5. does luther believe a christian has to have a pardon to be forgiven? what does a christian need? 6. what can papal pardons do (or not do) according to martin luther? 7. after reading all of these do you feel whether the pope had just cause to excommunicate luther form the church? 8. what does luther's motivation seem to be after reading excerpts from his controversial text?

Answer 1

1. The true treasure of the Church is the most Holy Gospel of the magnificence and the grace of God.
2. Buying pardons is madness. It is foolish to think that a person can forgive sins of that nature.
3. The Pope doesn’t have the right to burden people into purchasing pardons nor does he have the right to entitlement forgiveness of any sin.
4. The people use their money on keeping themselves and their families nourished, dressed, and protected and also give some to the underprivileged.
5. Luther have faith in that being a good person is how God will choose to pardon you.
6. All they can do is root God’s wrath; they don’t really pardon sins.
7. The pope only excommunicated Martin Luther from the Church because Luther was a danger to the pope’s control.
8. Luther sought people to know that the pope was compelling deception in selling those indulgences and that they shouldn’t waste their cash.