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Luther never removed a single book, in fact he translated all of them in his German bible that he presented to Frederick.
He removed books and added words, fact.
The Protestant Bible consists of only 66 books ― 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 books in the New Testament. The Catholic (i.e., the original canon) settled upon in the 4th century is contains 73 books including Tobias, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach (i.e., Ecclesiasticus), Baruch, and 1 and 2 Maccabees ― what Protestants call the Apocrypha.
In fact, Luther’s first German translation was missing 25 books (i.e., Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Esther, Job, Ecclesiastes, Jonah, Tobias, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach (i.e., Ecclesiasticus), Baruch, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Matthew, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, Hebrews, James, Jude and Revelation. He referred to the Epistle of James as “straw not worthy to be burned in my oven as tinder.” The rest he called “Judaizing nonsense.” Subsequent Protestants, deciding that Luther wasn’t really inspired by the Holy Spirit, replaced most of the books he had removed.
Look, I’m not one to go hard against Roman Catholicism, but your response to me is just plain inaccurate and intentionally misleading with half-truths. You need to check your sources rather than copy and paste from a biased pro-Roman Catholic website. You’re putting the worst possible construction on Luther and it’s disingenuous at best.
Did Luther not add words "Alone" to his altered Bible to justify his new Theology? Yes, yes he did. Fact.
Did Luther not say the following about the Apostle St. James "Therefore St James’ epistle is really an epistle of straw, compared to these others, for it has nothing of the nature of the Gospel about it. (Luther’s Works 35, 362).
Who would know what Jesus wanted written in the Gospels, one of his Apostles who knew him or a rebellious monk who lived 1,500 years later? I'm going to play it safe & stick with the Apostle.
Aside from the fact that Luther was a Heretical Catholic Monk, what authority did he have to add words to the Bible, remove books & re-arrange the bible? He had NO authority only pride.
Did Luther perform some documented great miracle like split the Red Sea? I dont understand why Prots follow this guy & allow themselves to be seduced by his views.
Perhaps because he told poor souls that they can commit sin & as long as you have a relationship with Jesus, its all good! Go forth & sin.
"Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly." Martin Luther
Its scary to contemplate all millions of souls that may have been lost because of this one Kabbalist.
Did Luther not add words Alone to his altered Bible to justify his new Theology?
Yes, the meaning however was not changed? Whenever there is a translation words are added and removed to make the passage understandable in the vernacular because Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic cannot be translated word for word and account for idioms or phrases that are embodied in a single word. That passage that you call into question is Romans 3:28 whether it reads “justified by faith without the deeds of the law” or justified by faith alone without the deeds of the law” the passage conveys the same meaning…Faith is what justifies, not works.
Did Luther not say the following about the Apostle St. James "Therefore St James’ epistle is really an epistle of straw, compared to these others, for it has nothing of the nature of the Gospel about it. (Luther’s Works 35, 362)@
Yes, he did say that…but he also translated it and wrote an entire commentary to clarify what was meant and often quotes James in other theological writings. As you may or may not be aware, the Council of Nicea formalized the canon and not all books were unanimously adopted (antilegomena), James was one of those books. Luther merely assigns more weight to those books that were unanimous (homolegoumena) that those that were not.
Aside from the fact that Luther was a Heretical Catholic Monk, what authority did he have to add words, remove books & re-arrange the bible?
That’s your opinion…but I’m sure you find the selling of indulgences to pay off the exorbitant usury that Leo had to pay the bankers who funded Peter’s Basilica to be A OK? Luther preserved the church that your corrupt and anti-Christ popes were doing their best to destroy.
Did he commit some great miracle work like split the Red Sea?
No, but he was an instrument of God used to stand up against a corrupt and evil infection within the church. Someday you may come to realize that the immense courage that Luther displayed in the face of certain death, and God rescued him. Probably the most consequential figure in the last 1,500 years.