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catholicguy said:
In all honesty, do protestants truly believe that Martin Luther was justified in abandoning the Church that Christ founded. Did he think he could make a liar of Christ? Wouldn't it have been better for Luther to remain in Christ's Church and pray to God for its reformation, without abandoning it? Christ himself promised that the gates of hell would not prevail against His church. Could Luther not have trusted Christ and seen that no matter what darkness stood against the True Church, that darkness would never prevail?

Luther stated his position very clearly and it was not accepted. He did not abandon the church. The pope excommunicated him.

Johan