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Isabelle Klar wrote:

Hi, guys —

I was reading about Martin Luther on the web. I was brought up in a strict Catholic setting and was told that Luther was excommunicated because he was a heretic.

As it turns out, in his 96-page thesis, he questioned the sale of indulgences, among other things, and a cardinal admitted to having sold indulgences to pay off his bribery debts.

The pope promised Luther an investigation, then dismissed him as a hopeless drunk, and later excommunicated him.

  • Why are Catholics never told this?

Isabelle

  { Why were Catholics never taught about the corruption in the hierarchy during Luther's time? }

Mary Ann replied:

Hi Isabelle,

Well, a lot happened between the 96 theses and his excommunication.

He was excommunicated much later, after denying many Church teachings. He was not excommunicated for being against corruption — many noted Catholics at the time fought corruption in the hierarchy.

He started as a reformer, but made himself a pope, and as he realized, at the end of his life, everyone had become a pope, the results of his reformation horrified him.

Hope this helps,

Mary Ann

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