/kloc-At the beginning of the 6th century, the Catholic Church oversold the atonement vouchers, which led to the Protestant Reformation. 15 17, Catholic monk Martin Luther posted 95 pieces of paper outside the church in wittenberg, Germany, attacking this arrangement. However, the conflict between Martin Luther and the official Catholic doctrine actually went far beyond this arrangement. This conflict involves the whole proposition of symmetry of the Catholic Church. The Catholic Dictionary confirms this point: "During the Reformation, Catholics and Protestants held their own views on the way sinners were justified before God, which became the main focus of their debate. This truth (meaning that justice can only be justified through faith) "If it doesn't hold water," Martin Luther said in his book Table Chat, "we are doomed to fail. What does Luther mean by "justification by faith"? As a Catholic, Martin Luther knew that justification before God included baptism, personal merits and good deeds, and the sacrament of atonement performed by priests. The priest will listen to the confession of parishioners, approve the pardon of sins, and ask the latter to implement atonement methods that may include self-punishment. In order to make peace with God, Martin Luther studied all the information about justification in Roman Catholic teachings, including fasting, prayer and self-punishment, but still found nothing. In disappointment, he read poems and Paul's letters over and over again. Finally, he concluded with a clear conscience that no matter what personal merits, good deeds or atonement arrangements, people can be justified before God. On the contrary, people can only be justified by faith. Martin Luther was very keen on the idea that only faith can be justified. When he translated Romans 3: 28 into German, he added the word "only" before the word "faith"! Basically, most Protestant churches have accepted Martin Luther's view that man is justified by faith because of God's grace. Protestantism believes that justification means that the merits of Christians' sacrifice through Christ's redemption can be regarded as righteousness. This is undoubtedly closer to the lesson of the Bible. However, some Protestant churches advocate that people are justified only by faith, ignoring the clear and pertinent arguments put forward by the apostles Paul and James. From the sentence "once saved, forever saved", we can see the spiritual complacency of these churches. In view of this, we can say that the thoughts of Martin Luther and Protestantism are not completely consistent with the Bible.

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