Martin Luther
The first sacrament that I found to be rejected by both Martin Luther and the peasants was penance. Martin Luther wrote: "absolutely none among outward things...has any influence in producing Christian righteousness or liberty." What this quote means is that any outside force has no bearing on matters of the soul. This would void penances because the main idea behind them was to have a priest (an OUTWARD for
The peasants would reject the idea of the holy order because of their second article. The peasants would reject the idea of penance because it goes against their third article which says: "it is consistent with the Scripture that we should be free. It says: "we are ready and willing to pay the fair tithe of grain. The second sacrament that both Luther and the peasants rejected was the holy order. By having an outward thing deal with matters of the soul one is giving up their Christian liberty to someone who does not have an affect anyway. Luther wrote: "it will profit nothing that the body should be adorned with sacred vestment. " The holy order would not flow with article two because much of the money went to the order itself with little going to the poor, if any.
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