Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation

    Critical Reading Assessment (CRA) Date:                           Reading Title(s): Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation                   The main argument is that Martin Luther sought to reform the old Church to allow more people to practice without seeking authority from the Papacy, but Reformation also had long lasting impact on Western culture (Bishop, 2014).   Like other Reformists Martin Luther, believed in the authority of the Bible and Faith (Aubert, 2016). Luther influence religion, restoring the Christian truth and challenging Catholic dogmatism and fighting for ecclesiastical and religious freedom. We need to understand why Martin Luther opposed the Catholic Church, and how his Reformation would change Christian conceptions and doctrines. Luther identified the practical abuses associated with Catholicism and this became the basis for his to call for changing /church system.   The remission of penalties, indulgence and the Ninety-Five Theses, which criticized some doctrines a...