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Why was it a bad idea for the Catholic Church to excommunicate Martin Luther? ​

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Answer: He believed the Catholic Church got it wrong on salvation.

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Luther believed people were saved by faith alone and that this was the summary of all Christian doctrine, and that the Catholic Church of his day had got this wrong.

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