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Martin Luther was a Catholic Priest who taught at the university. He found his faith to be out of touch with the scripture so he wanted to reform the church--or at least discuss some points he had discovered that were out of harmony with scripture. The church was not amused and tried him as a heretic. Was Martin Luther wrong? No, but his church condemned him and excommunicated him. It even sought to take his life. This was a terrible blow to the Catholic church.
In 1798, Napolean marched his general into Rome and took Pope Pius VI captive. He commanded his general to dismantal the church-state government of the Papacy and establish a civil government. The lands of the Papal state were confiscated. This was a deadly wound to the Papacy. She has not yet recovered from that deadly wound. In 1929, the Italian government restored the Papal statehood and gave them some land back. The Holy See (Holy Roman Empire) lived again. But, it does not today exist in the glory it once held when it ruled over kingdoms and appointed kings.
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It is interesting that everyone knows about how Martin Luther was ex-communicated by the RCC, and how the RCC burned "heretics" at the stake, but not many seem aware that Martin Luther burned Anabaptists at the stake.
-------------------- Acts 2:38-The Seal of Salvation
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