A German Roman Catholic monk, and a professor of theology greatly influenced the reformation. His name was Martin Luther who lived from 1483 to 1564.In 1483, Eiselben, Germany, Luther was born into a well-off family. He became a very intelligent young man wining awards such as a master of arts degree in 1505 and his father always believed he would become a lawyer but when a horrifically terrifying thunderstorm came, his father promised god that if he where to survive he would send one of his sons to become a monk.
Therefor in the city of Erfurt, 1505, Martin Luther was received into an Augustinian Monastery. Two years later we was ordained a priest.
He believed that god was a harsh judge, who could easily condemn you to hell as save from hell, depending on ones sorrowfulness and penance.
Once a priest, he sought answers answers to his questions of theology in the scriptures he studied. He struggled with the ideas the god could forgive him for his sinfulness, influencing his theology. In 1512 Luther became a Doctor/lecturer of theology at the university of Witternburg.
Whilst studying he found letters of ST.Paul "the just man lives by faith" which he found as a solution for his questions. Those small, harmless words, changed his life forever.
After reading and reading these words Luther became convinced that god did not judge sinners and require penance from them but that if a person had faith in god and his mercy then they would be saved. This became Luther's teaching of faith alone (sola fides).
In 1517 a drive to raise funds for the re-building of ST Peters Basilica in Rome resulted in the sale of indulgences in a region close to Wittenberg. Already personally outraged by what he believed was corrupt practises by the church regarding relics, indulgences and so on, Luther protested about these corrupt practises which many Catholics thought would lead them on the road of salvation. He brought forward that grace alone was necessary to be saved.
He continued to debate the issues that personally felt were wrong with the church, and he wrote the 95 THESES (on 31 October 1517), according to our source, and nailed it in a place where the people knew
what was coming for them, on the door of the Witternburg church! Although Luther only wanted to change the church practises that he though was wrong, such as paying to go to heaven, and rigorously debate some of the way church was run.
by doing this he believed that some sort of belief, reform of practises and structure would bring back the fundamental teachings of the bible from the church. He convinced many that "only faith saves the Christians from damnation, that on must believe in the grace that god grants or refuses according to his will, which is beyond the comprehension of humans."
His criticisms became very popular around the public especially around the poor, uneducated, well-off and unlearned, turning Germany from peace fullness, into an uproar of dissatisfied members of the church. furthermore because the church was involved in so many political things, Luther's problem not only about the religion aspects of the church but there political side to.
All aspects of German life was affected, therefore the pope acted in the Church's best interest and after much recommendations and discussion the pope annouched that 41 of Luther's theses were to condemned because they were heretical, and wrote to Luther about this in the Papal Bull. Unfortunately Luther burn these in public, which earned him a one way ticket to excommunication and being an out law. He traveled to Wartburg and continued to scrutinize the church.
Once at Wartburg, he had acculimated heaps of time on his hands and used it wisely. He translated the New Testament into German, from Latin, he attacked the authority of the pope, challenged the Catholic Belief of the transubstantiation and Eucharist, declared that the sacraments were redundant, took issue with the priesthood and broadcast his belief or sola scripture ( scripture alone) - the bible is the only place where people should seek guidance.
After he went out of hiding in 1525, he married a former nun, Katharina von Bora and established his own church (The Lutheran Church).
Many religious fighting and civil unrest was experienced in Germany, unlike anything they had ever experience before, splitting the country in half ( for Luther and against Luther).
In 1529, the term Protestant was used for people who wanted a religious freedom.
Unfortunately, Luther's attempt to make the church pure ended up breaking Rome. The printing press had just been invented, and as a result his ideas were spread far and wide as never seen before.
Luther died in 1546. His ideas had brung on a new era, with several different religions appearing everywhere bringing change that would never be forgotten.
by doing this he believed that some sort of belief, reform of practises and structure would bring back the fundamental teachings of the bible from the church. He convinced many that "only faith saves the Christians from damnation, that on must believe in the grace that god grants or refuses according to his will, which is beyond the comprehension of humans."
His criticisms became very popular around the public especially around the poor, uneducated, well-off and unlearned, turning Germany from peace fullness, into an uproar of dissatisfied members of the church. furthermore because the church was involved in so many political things, Luther's problem not only about the religion aspects of the church but there political side to.
All aspects of German life was affected, therefore the pope acted in the Church's best interest and after much recommendations and discussion the pope annouched that 41 of Luther's theses were to condemned because they were heretical, and wrote to Luther about this in the Papal Bull. Unfortunately Luther burn these in public, which earned him a one way ticket to excommunication and being an out law. He traveled to Wartburg and continued to scrutinize the church.
Once at Wartburg, he had acculimated heaps of time on his hands and used it wisely. He translated the New Testament into German, from Latin, he attacked the authority of the pope, challenged the Catholic Belief of the transubstantiation and Eucharist, declared that the sacraments were redundant, took issue with the priesthood and broadcast his belief or sola scripture ( scripture alone) - the bible is the only place where people should seek guidance.
After he went out of hiding in 1525, he married a former nun, Katharina von Bora and established his own church (The Lutheran Church).
Many religious fighting and civil unrest was experienced in Germany, unlike anything they had ever experience before, splitting the country in half ( for Luther and against Luther).In 1529, the term Protestant was used for people who wanted a religious freedom.
Unfortunately, Luther's attempt to make the church pure ended up breaking Rome. The printing press had just been invented, and as a result his ideas were spread far and wide as never seen before.
Luther died in 1546. His ideas had brung on a new era, with several different religions appearing everywhere bringing change that would never be forgotten.
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