Soon luther went beyond criticizing indulgences. He wanted full reform of the church. Luther did not agree with the Church, so he made his own ideas.His teachings rested on three main ideas: People could win salvation only by faith in gods gift of forgiveness the church taught that faith and good works were needed for salvation. All church teachings should be clearly based on the words of the bible both the pope and church traditions were false authorities. All people with faith were equal Therefore, people did not need priests to interpret the bible for them. EDIT