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
|