Opinion Essay: Luther was right to break with the Church. (other topics covered)

I think Luther was right to break with the church, for many reasons. The church was selling indulgences, to make profit. This was very wrong, because they were just slips of paper, supposedly forgiving lost ones of their sins. This was a con to seduce people into buying them, and keeping the masses controlled, by thinking their loved ones have been forgiven. In reality, all that would be needed is faith and repentance, which is …

…determination for them. This is yet another reason why he shouldn't have tried to reform the Church from the inside out. However, I do think Martin Luther could have handled a few situations better. It would have been a lot less of a bittersweet victory in 1555 at Augsburg had the loss of 50 to 100 thousand people not occurred. Luther should have taken control of the massive peasant army, thereby diverting their aggressive behaviour into non-violent action.