You may remember that Luther lived in Vittenberg, Germany where he taught theology at the University of

Vittenberg during the Middle Ages.

He accused the Roman Catholic Church of departing from scripture on serious issues such as salvation by

grace alone through faith alone in the finished work of Christ alone. And those who study

Martin Luther will find that he was very forceful in his denunciations.

In fact, he came across as blunt, stubborn, and rash,

especially to our modern sensibilities.

Here's just one example, if I can just read this for you, to give you a sense of what I'm talking about, in a pamphlet entitled against the Roman papacy, an institution of the devil.

Tell me what you really think, Martin.

This is what he really think, Martin.

This is what he wrote about the Pope.

May God punish you, I say, you shameless bare-faced liar,

devil's mouthpiece who dares to spit out before God,

before all the angels, before the dear son, before all the world,

your devil's filth?

Oof.

Man, that's some preaching right there.

I don't, we don't hear that much today,

but that's how Martin Luther was.

Now put this in perspective,

this would almost be like saying that about, man, I'm trying to even think because our society's changed so much it's hard to even envision this but about the local police you know the local sheriff or something or someone who had the potential to have great

control over your life and threaten you. It's like saying it about your boss, right?

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