The differences between Luther and the Catholic Church administration shaped the Catholic Church reforms in the 16th century. It was mainly between Pope Leo X, who was born Giovanni. The latter was born from a prestigious de Medici family. The Pole loved Art, and he initiated a mass project to beautify the Vatican. To do so, he encouraged the big sales of indulgences. This aroused Martin Luther, and he was against it.
Additionally, Luther wrote to criticize nepotism, corruption, and the sale of indulgences. He was against these Catholic Church practices and rituals, which were not supported by the Bible. He was asked to recant the pamphlet, but he refused; this led to his ex-communication from the Catholic Church on January 3, 1521. Luther, A German-born in 1483, was not the first to call for such reforms in the Catholic Church; for many years earlier, there had been demands for an end to what people considered to be church corruption.
Martin Luther and reformers were against the selling of high-ranking positions to the highest bidder within the church. This often led to young people and teenagers of the affluent background being appointed as bishops and archbishops.
They were additionally angered by the sale of indulgences by unscrupulous clerics that promised the forgiveness of sins and an entry into the Kingdom of Heaven. The reformers also debated the aspects of Mary and the saints, the use of bread and wine as symbols of Christ’s blood and body, and the refusal to allow priests to marry and have children.
Such differences could resemble President Trump and Miss Nancy Pelosi’s differences that are currently playing in the open. There has been a public display of mutual disrespect when Mr. president refused to greet Miss Pelosi before the State of the Union address. Miss Pelosi, on the other, had dramatically torn the copy of the president’s speech from the dais after he had spoken. The tension between Pelosi and Trump has gotten acute since Democrats took power in 2019, elevating Pelosi to one of the most powerful positions, that of a speaker.