Originally Posted by
childofgod
Martin Luther didn't just call it an apostasy, he said Christianity DIED. This man, one of the most well-known reformers, made the statement that because of the corruption made within the Church of Jesus Christ, Christianity was no longer on the earth.
"I have sought nothing beyond reforming the Church in conformity with the Holy Scriptures. The spiritual powers have been not only corrupted by sin, but absolutely destroyed; so that there is now nothing in them but a depraved reason and a will that is the enemy and opponent of God. I simply say that Christianity has ceased to exist among those who should have preserved it." (Luther and His Times, p. 509).