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

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2
BIOGRAPHY-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MAIN THEOLOGICAL POINTS-------------------------------------------------------------------------
MAJOR EVENTS--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SIGNIFICANT WRITINGS--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CONCLUSION-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BIBLIOGRAPHY--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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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 that although Martin Luther played a very significant role in the formation of the Protestant Reformation; and contributed greatly to its cause and purpose, reformation against unbiblical doctrine was set into motion long before the appearance of the Roman Catholic Church or Martin Luther. All true Bible believing Christians before and after Martin Luther called for reformation back to the