Quote Originally Posted by Breukelen advocaat
If there was no devil, there'd be no religion. It's a big part of all christian churches' dogma. The protestants were outraged by the adaptation of various pagan beliefs by the Catholic Church, and many of their teachings were just rewordings of old myths - whether it was about devils or beneficial beings.
the protestant reformation was caused by the teaching and sale of indulgences and widespred corruption in the church also the major conflicting views were purgatory, glorification of the mother mary, the popes authority, most of the sacrements, and intercession of the saints

remind me when martin luther nailed the "ninety-five these on pagan beliefs"
Quincyboy Reviewed by Quincyboy on . ask a former catholic from what i've read there seems to be a whole lot of confusion about the beliefs of abrahamic religions so I decided this would be a good thread to help clear up some of this confusion i have attended catholic schools all my life which amounts to 13 and a half years of religion classes and I have two friends on the path to priesthood, I had a fallout with the catholic church and that is why I am a former catholic i will try to answer your questions as best I can and according to what I Rating: 5