...It started when Martin Luther issued a document to the world, the 95 Theses. His document outline and exposed the abuses of the Catholic church, but it helped people open their eyes. Or was he doing this to establish his own religion? It seems that although he helped people open their eyes about the abuses of the church, it seemed like a perfect plan to branch out his religion. Martin was able to spread his documents and his teachings with the power of the printing press to give their ideas a wide audience.His teachings include - that “salvation came through faith alone: God’s grace is freely and directly granted to believers, and the bible was the only source of religious authority, not the Pope or church leaders.” Martin exposed the church...
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...Church provided all of the social services for everyone. The people were used to having the church be a part of their everyday lives from birth to adulthood. Priest would baptize, marry, and actually be one of the only people who could read who was of access to the entire church. The church relied so much on the priest to provide them all their information. It came to a point where one day someone realized that the Church was actually running things in an unfair way. He then decided to handle things on his own and steer the church in a brighter direction. Martin Luther was his name. It all began with a man whose name was Johann Tetzel. He went around town trying to sell some indulgences to people and claimed that it would help them be saved. Martin Luther really disagreed with this logic and felt that no such thing was right to do. He then wrote a 95 thesis about all the questions he had and propositions he wanted to debate. Martin Luther had a huge one in mind. He realized that in the Church the congregation was half lost when it came to...
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...Martin Luther and the Ninety Five Theses Outline I. Introduction II. Who was Martin Luther? III. Martin Luther Calls for Reformation IV. A Short synopsis of the Ninety Five Theses V. Result of the Theses VI. Sources Consulted Introduction Martin Luther was the first person to translate and publish the Bible in the commonly-spoken dialect of the German people. Luther's hymns sparked the development of congregational singing in Christianity. His marriage, on June 13, 1525, to Katharina von Bora, a former nun, began the tradition of clerical marriage within several Christian traditions. Martin Luther was one of the most influential and compelling figures of Church history. Some of the most fundamental tenets of the Catholic Church were called into question by Luther, and lead to the greatest religious revolt in Church history, now known as the Protestant Reformation. Who Was Martin Luther? Martin Luther was born to Hans and Margaretta Luther on November 10, 1483 in Eisleben, Germany. He was baptized on the feast day of St. Martin of Tours, for whom he was named. Martin’s childhood was one of abuse and uncompromising cruelty, “His father once beat him so mercilessly that he ran away from home …His mother, "on account of an insignificant nut, beat me till the blood flowed, and it was this harshness and severity of the life I led with them that forced me subsequently to run away to a monastery and become a monk." His...
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...Martin Luther , who was born in Eisleben , Germany , in 1483 wrote the 95 Theses which pronounced two central beliefs; that the Bible is an religious authority , and that humans may reach salvation only by their faith and not their deeds. Which led into the Protestant Reformation. His writings changed the cultural history in the West. The 95 Theses was a list of questions and statements for the Church and for the things that Martin Luther didn’t believe in , or for things that he saw in the Church that wasn’t right , and needed to be stopped. He nailed a copy of the Theses to Wittenberg Castle Church. He hung the paper on the church door to announce the academic discussion around it that he was organizing. The 95 Theses became the foundation...
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...Martin Luther became a monk in the Catholic Church and earned his way up in rank through devotion, prayer, and hard work. Martin soon became a priest within the Catholic Church. Martin was a firm believer in God's word and soon began teaching others in the classroom. As Martin continued to read and study his Bible, he started questioning some of his Church's beliefs and practices. As he continued to read the Bible he started to see certain discrepancies between God's written Word and the Catholic Church's practices. He started to see the truth that was written in God's Word. Martin decided that he needed show the Catholic Church where they were wrong in their teaching of God's word. In 1517, Martin Luther posted 95 theses on the church door in Wittenberg. Luther welcomed challenges and debates of the Catholic doctrine. Luther argued that the Bible, not the pope, was the central means to discern God’s word — a view that was certain to raise eyebrows in Rome. Further, Luther maintained that salvation was granted by faith alone; good works and the sacraments were not necessary in order to be saved. Luther was especially appalled by the church practice of selling indulgences. These documents of the pope were sold as penitents of sin. To Luther, this was like buying salvation, and he knew that this was not right. The 95 Theses were quickly distributed throughout Germany and then made their way to Rome. In 1518, Luther was summoned to Augsburg, a city in southern Germany, to defend...
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...How could the printing press help with exploration? The printing press was invented in 1440 by Johannes Gutenberg. The printing press changed the way and speed with which we share ideas with one another. Was exploration or reformation the most important consequence of the printing press. I think that the most important consequence of the printing press is exploration because of maps. Reformation was the second most important consequence because of theses. Reformation was the second most important consequence of the printing press because of Martin Luther’s theses. Martin Luther was able to argue against the church thanks to the printing press, with 95 theses. These theses talked about how he thought Indulgence or being able to pay money to...
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...Notes on Martin Luther (from the PBS docudrama) Driven to Defiance “I would never have thought that such a storm would rise from Rome over one simple scrap of paper...” - Martin Luther Few if any men have changed the course of history like Martin Luther. In less than ten years, this fevered German monk plunged a knife into the heart of an empire that had ruled for a thousand years, and set in motion a train of revolution, war and conflict that would reshape Western civilization, and lift it out of the Dark Ages. Luther's is a drama that still resonates half a millennium on. It's an epic tale that stretches from the gilded corridors of the Vatican to the weathered church door of a small South German town; from the barbarous pyres of heretics to the technological triumph of printing. It is the story of the birth of the modern age, of the collapse of medieval feudalism, and the first shaping of ideals of freedom and liberty that lie at the heart of the 21st century. But this is also an intensely human tale, a story that hurtles from the depths of despair to the heights of triumph and back again. This is the story of a man who ultimately found himself a lightning conductor of history, crackling with forces he could not quite comprehend or control. For Luther, in a life full of irony, would find himself overwhelmed by his own achievements. As his followers sought to build a new and just Europe around him, he could only turn on them in frustration, declaring that his...
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...GKE1 Task 2 Miranda Stewart Western Governors University A) Martin Luther was born in Eisleben, Saxony, now Germany, in 1483 and died in 1546. (Martin Luther and the 95 Theses. 2013) During his 63 years of life he set in motion many changes that would take place in the world. His two most significant changes were his key role in the Protestant Revolution and the translation of the Bible into German, which later was translated into English, thus making it available for all to read. Luther was originally attending school at the University of Erfurt and training to become a lawyer when he was caught in a severe thunderstorm and, after nearly being struck by lightning, pledged that he would become a monk if he survived. Survive he did so he quit the study of law and entered an Augustinian monastery. While he stopped studying law he did not stop studying. His desire to study and learn led him to become a professor of the Bible and was eventually led to new understandings of the Catholic religion and the Bible. (Martin Luther and the 95 Theses. 2013) Luther penned his “95 Theses” in 1517 and nailed it to the door of the church that he was currently teaching at. While legend has made it something of a dramatic act of defiance, pinned to the door on a stormy night, it is much more likely that he was straightforwardly announcing his academic discussion that he was opening up. (Martin Luther and the 95 Theses. 2013) This posting, however he was intending it, hit too close...
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...Martin Luther born in 1483 in germany was a christian theologian and monk. his contributions to the christian religion were revolutionary and the impacts have shaped doctrines and structures present today in the religion. His interpretation of the bible resulted in controversial insights which challenged roman catholic traditions and the papal power which influenced europe in the middle ages. he initiated the protestant reformation which was hugely significant in the history of christianity. deep study of the scriptures gave way to many revelations for Luther. He believed and preached that salvation and subsequently eternity in heaven could not be simply earned through the doing of good deeds, but can only be received as a free gift of God's grace through faith in Jesus Christ as a redeemer from sin and subsequently eternity in Hell. At the time, the roman catholic church was selling 'indulgences' which were then believed to ensure acceptance to heaven and release from purgatory for those who bought them, regardless of sin, thus allowing people to think they could buy their way into heaven. The money was then used to construct cathedrals and monuments. Luther challenged the church on the corrupt nature of these promises they made to the public and endeavoured to expose the truths of the bible. As many germans were unable to read and understand the bible, they relied heavily on the word of the pope and the church, however Luther preached that ones faith and belief in Jesus...
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...Reformation was the 16th century religious and political revolution that disintegrated the Catholic Church. This reformation would define Europe in the modern era. Martin Luther, John Calvin and Henry VIII contested the Church’s power and its faculty to divide Christian religion. On October 31, 1517 Martin Luther published his “95 Theses” which led to start the Protestant Reformation, in which it stated Luther’s terms of his protest against the Catholic Church. Martin Luther argued that Jesus died on the cross for our salvation; therefore, there was no need for lavish cathedrals and offerings that the Catholic Church was accustomed to. Also, he was opposed to the practice of the church collecting indulgences in order to shorten ones stay in purgatory. These indulgences were said to pave the way to heaven for any sinner. In Martin Luther’s 95 Theses the mentions the following: “Those who believe that, through letters of pardon, they are made sure of their own salvation will be eternally dammed along with their teacher”. After the Church’s unsuccessful rebuttal, they ended up excommunicating Luther in 1521. Luther went on to translating the bible into vernacular German, which up to this point was only in Latin and only available to priests who were they only ones who read and interpreted the bible to the masses. Luther’s translation was not word for word but rather sense for sense, which would help ordinary people, read the bible. Thanks to the printing press, the bible was published...
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...The initial spread of Martin Luther’s new theological ideas naturally produced chaos, dissent and rebellion. He launched Protestant Reformation with his 95 theses. He argued that all vocations are equal, including that of women. The religious unity that once held the society together, began to fall apart which lead to individual thought and opinion regarding religion, which further lead into politics, economics and social structures. The breaks in the church made people question if they should be so devout to their Catholic religion. For example, clerical immorality, ignorance, absenteeism, selling of indulgences and priests living in luxury created turmoil between the clergy and common people. Martin Luther believed that authority rested in the word of God. The Church should not be a hierarchy of clergy but a community of believers. Religious truth and authority can only be found in the Bible. He translated the Bible from the traditional Latin into German to help the people read the Bible and begin to think for themselves. He also wrote the Catechism, which simplified the Bible and explained the church doctrine so that the...
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...PAPER 1 – MARTIN LUTHER PRESENTED TO PROFESSOR MARK NICKENS FOR CHHI 302 – DO1 BY REV. JOSEPH T. WHITAKER, III LU23755920 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY LYNCHBURG VIRGINIA NOVEMBER 6, 2014 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 BIOGRAPHY------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAIN THEOLOGICAL POINTS------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAJOR EVENTS-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIGNIFICANT WRITINGS-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONCLUSION----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIBLIOGRAPHY-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Introduction It has often been stated and thought that Martin Luther was the founder and originator of the Protestant Reformation. Was Martin Luther the founder of the Protestant Reformation? The historical record reveals...
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...The 15th and 16th century global cultures impacted the development of humanity in three ways. Exploration, religion, and politics which were major aspects of the culture during the 15th and 16th centuries. Through exploration, the Europeans began taking many more slaves and bringing them back to North America. Martin Luther’s 95 Theses paved the way for secularism during the renaissance. In terms of politics, governments were shifting towards more progressive systems which eventually led to civilians being represented in choices made by their government. This emboldened the citizen to accomplish higher achievements. The Age of Exploration began in the end of the 15th century and ended in the 18th century. The Age of Exploration brought together...
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...historical mark before the Enlightenment, Martin Luther exemplified its [the enlightenment’s] ideals in criticizing the Catholic Church. The Enlightenment was a period of time which provided inspiration for intellectual, philosophical, and social movements to spread. A number of radical thinkers emerged and started to question the common practices posed by kings and rulers that they believed to be corrupt. As a result, the common people started to become curious and wanted to obtain objective truth about the whole of reality. One of these great minds that persuaded others to question the higher leaders was Martin Luther. Martin Luther was a man of great...
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...Martin Luther was born in 1483 and died in 1546. There is lots written about him, taught about him and read about him. He was one of the biggest figures of the Protestant Reformation and very influential in the practices of christianity today. Not many people have changed the course of history like he has. Martin Luther was born in November of 1483. He is born into a society that swears by the Church and Christianity. The people up until then knew of no other life. He devotes his life to becoming a Monk, but once he reaches that point, he becomes unsure that the church can offer him what he is looking for. Luther goes to Rome to visit the capital of Catholicism. When he arrives, he is devastated to find the center of Christianity is flooded...
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