Next, the immorality of priests and the pope is mentioned, as well as the selling of indulgences. It’s true. There were many abuses in the Church at that time and even many immoral clergy. However, this fact is apparently offered as a proof that the entire religion is immoral. This is completely illogical, and if one follows this reasoning he must continue thus: Martin Luther was quoted as saying, “Why should not we, with all our weapons, attack … all the rabble of the Roman Sodom and wash our hands in their blood?” (Christ the King – Lord of History, Anne W. Carroll, p. 221). Obviously, this statement is not in accord with morality. So if an immoral member of the clergy of a religion means that the the religion itself is false or immoral, then Lutheranism must also be rejected as immoral, as well as every other religion known to man, as no clergy can possibly be perfect, except for Christ alone, of course.

Next, I just wanted to point out that Martin Luther’s interpretation of the verse, “The just will live by faith” was incorrect. St. Paul said, “If I have the faith to move mountains but have not love, then I have nothing.” Good works, which Luther rejected, are nothing but a manifestation of love of God and love of neighbor, and if these two loves are not necessary for salvation, than Jesus was a liar when He gave the Great Commandment: “Love the Lord your God with your whole mind, heart and soul. And the Second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.” As well, the Epistle of James speaks in detail of the importance of good works. Incidentally, Luther rejected this book of Scripture because he disagreed with its contents. But the above examples prove that Luther was indeed proved wrong by Scripture alone.

Lastly, Luther is referred to as a great reformer. What did he reform? The Church was crying out to be reformed at that time, yet instead he broke away from it and started his own religion, deciding to deny many fundamental beliefs that all Christians had held since the time of Christ. Christ told His Apostles that He would be with them to the end of time, and if He were with them, He would be with the Church they were put in charge of. If that Church had been teaching incorrect doctrines for over 1500 years (as Luther clearly claimed by abolishing the Mass and most of the Sacraments), then Jesus was a liar. I hope you don’t believe that, because I sure don’t.