Question

To what extent was Luther (the German) a reformer of the Church? Please elaborate (50 POINTS!!)

Answer 1

To Luther the church was no longer the institution defined by apostolic succession; instead it was the community of those who had been given faith. Salvation came not by the sacraments as such but by faith. The idea that human beings had a spark of goodness (enough to seek out God) was not a foundation of theology but was taught only by "fools."

*https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/theologians/martin-luther.html

Answer 2

there are three in history