Pragmatic theologian Luther

The read of 95 thesis of Martin Luther(1483-1546), written in 1517 and affixed to door of church of castle to Wittenberg, without his knowledge, it amazing to their nearness to Catholicism; it is could absurd, because Luther is founder of Protestantism, but we must consider that he was a Augustinian monk and in convent he studied theologian, hence the Catholic believe was in him very much and during writing of these thesis he was Catholic; but we must read some steps very contradictory: number 2: “The pain is so until is continue the depreciate of himself(this is the very interior penance) this is until we are going to go in the reign of heaven”, the Catholicism said same but more moderate, but the confession is the repentance, but during confession the faithful must repentance, and he must confess every sin, and alone after the repentance the priest gives the absolution. But if we consider the theological practice, and abolition of confession it is a pragmatic valuation, this is Luther allowed to protestant every sin; without a confessor you could make every sin, after your death you are going confess to God, certainly, but the faithful lives on the earth and now; thereupon it is very pragmatic way to major liberty; it today is normal but in 1517 it was very strange. Number 5 The pope will not  can pardon sin except these ordered from precise bond fro him or canonical right”, it is very surprising, because the pope and the Church make it from centuries. Number 6: “The pope can’t pardon nothing sin if he not declares that it is given from God, or condemns these guilt that alone to him are reserved…”; it is normal costume of Church during 1517-1518 and from centuries. The seven thesis is acme of laughing because is palmar contradictory, but after we can understand because  this contradiction: “God not pardon the guilt for nobody without that he is subjected, and deeply humiliated to priest, his vicar”; it is very right, but the vicar of God is priest and clergy; without the confession that Luther clergy and the mess that Luther has deleted the faithful has his sins always, on stead the priest asks the repentance. The number 8 is same: “The canonical penance the Church hasn’t ordered the penance to dying, contrary has given the saint oil to pardon of sins, thereby it absolves and not condemns. The vicar of thesis seven isn’t the priest, but the prince, or princes, it is means that Luther just has though that the princes could helped this Reform; in fact some years after the thesis, he although accepted the protest of peasantries to excess of tax, he asked the submission to orders of princes, why? Because they are helping the Reform. Luther as Calvin to his thesis played between two field, one papal and other reformist while he attended the develop of events; the princes took profit and he become a convinced reformer; therefore the politic guaranteed the Reform, as the politic guaranteed the Catholic reform.10.“The priest that give the penitence to dying that they are going to expiate to purgatory, they work very bad”; a priest give alone the pardon of sins to dying and no certainly the penitence, because alone God is going to judge, and no the priest that is a man. Number 12. Once it ordered the satisfaction of penitence not after but before the absolution, it was a true proof of contrition”; today is same, before the confession and after the absolution.17. The Protestantism doesn’t believes the purgatory…”; but we must consider that in this time Luther was Catholic again, hence he is speaking as Catholic. “Number 18. It isn’t appears not where in holy Gospel that the soul can’t grows his merit”; when the soul has gone to paradise, nothing merit can grows his merit and thereby because he arrived to Paradise and the climb the corporate ladder isn’t to Paradise; but we can think that the Protestanism hasn’t the canonical priests, but pastors that must gain faithful, and for this carrier is; and we can consider that Luther has had just though to his Reform when he has written these thesis, or rather when he was Catholic. Number 19. Neither it appears that they are sure of their beatitude, although we are very certain”; the last judgement is alone of God, thereupon we can’t sure that a soul is beat. Number 20. “For this the pope, with remission of every sin, he doesn’t thinks every blame but alone those that he has ordered”; it is normal, because the pope is human, and he can pardon the human sins, God, after the death, is going to give his judgement. Number 21. “They mistake the preachers of indulgences, tell that to indulgences of pope the man is freedom from every penitence”, it is true; but among these preachers was also a guy with name Martin Luther, that 10 days before of affixation of these thesis he was preaching in favor of indulgence; therefore he should written that he was one monk favorable to indulgence, but this particular isn’t. Number 22. Actually to Purgatory souls the pope doesn’t give other penitence, that they should expire during their life”; alone God can grow the penitence and not certainly the pope. We can consider these errors of Luther as ignorance, but it isn’t, because the hide truth is that Luther wanted an religious  independence from Rome, thereupon the theologian was very less present. The adherence of Luther to Gospel is principal motive to argue to Rome, because in the reality both religious and political more things must change, but it is necessary to Luther to creation of a politic state in Germany, and hence to exclude the Roman power; the words of saint Paul: “Although I was free, I become servant of everybody”, the comment of Luther: “The Christian is completely free, he is lord od everything, he isn’t subject to nobody”; it is can seems alone an interpretation of saint Paul, but it hide something more relevant, this is in Germany you are going free, above all the tax or indulgences, this is motive to protest against the indulgences; but when the tax has ordered from some German prince it is more bearable, because these princes are German; further the Protestantsm foresees the predestination, this almost a salvation, thereby more salvific than Christianism; but this theological solution why? Simple because who is adherent to Protestantism and is German automatically he is going to save; naturally it isn’t not declared, also because very much peoples in Europe would be excluded; and the marketed distinction from Catholicism is the absence of well works to Protestant; Christ said about the well works as consequence of interior light of Holy Spirit, but absence of well works in Luther because predominant is alone the interior light is contradictory in theologian concept, but no certainly in politic think of Luther, why? Because to work to other state as Rome is useless, instead you, Protestant faithful must work to a German state, alone so the tax and work is bearable, because these tax are going to be in Germany alone. The words of saint Paul(Letter to Corinthians 9-20): “I become the slave to gain the major number; and I become Jew to J, to who are subjected to law as I was under the law instead I am not so, and who is without law I become almost without law…”; it is alone a step of Gospel, hence without importance; but we must consider the politic sake of Luther, and interpreted so all is clear, because, the uniformity of behavior to different person and religion or communities, guarantees the diffusion of Protestantism, and the following words of same Paul: “You have not duties toward somebody except love one together”; we can object that is normal in Christian religion, and protestant are Christian, thereupon nothing of relevant, yes certainly but if this step is though politically we can understand that this step of saint Paul is very useful to Luther to his sake, because also you are Protestant or Catholic you are before German, and it is important. These words of Gospel are used by Luther and in politic translated sense we can interpret other way and we can arrive to truth; the step of Matthew(5,17) is a  political declaration of Luther but under the Gospel step: “You don’t believe that I am here to abolish the law or Prophets: I am here not to abolish but to complete them…”, and other step: “If you want fulfill the law as it demands, you must make it: you must believe to Christ, to him are promised to you grace, justification, peace, freedom, and if you believe you are going to have everything, otherwise nothing”, it is other step of Gospel, but interpreted with hide political sense, we can translated it so: If you believe to the German state you are going to have everything, peace, freedom(above all from the Catholic Church). Other step but not evangelic, but from a book of Luther(The freedom of Christian), are meaningful to the politic sense: “Since these words of God are saint words, true, right, free, peaceful and full of goodness, occurs that the souls that adhere with faith indestructible, it is absorbed until the first moment and so it takes part…”; it is enough substitute the God with State and the political read is fulfilled; and the following step pursues the precedent sense: “If the simple touch of Christ healed, so this spiritual penetration of word of God is going to communicate to soul every its virtues. So the soul is justified, sanctified, peaceful, freed, to alone the faithful, without the works, thank to word of God, and it is filled of every goodness and become daughter of God”, same think above expressed; it is enough that God become the State.      

 Alessandro Lusana