Ultimately, the real difference between Luther and Roman Catholicism isn't the 95 theses perse, but soteriology. The gulf between Lutheran soteriology and Roman Catholic soteriology is so wide it is at times difficult to put Protestantism and Catholicism in the same religious bucket.

QuoteOriginally posted by: bskilton81Ultimately, the real difference between Luther and Roman Catholicism isn't the 95 theses perse, but soteriologyI've got a suspicion that Luther's realisation that "the pope is the real antichrist of whom all the scripture speaks" might be a theological sticking point as wellLuther strongly believed that other flavors of christians were still within the true Church:“For the Muscovites, Russians, Greeks, Bohemians, and many other great peoples in the world, all these believe as we do, baptize as we do, preach as we do, live as we do.”