Martin Luther and The Protestant Reformation significantly changed not only the Medieval World but also the Catholic Church. Martin Luther’s actions challenged the Catholic Church because of his Ninety-five Theses, the pamphlets written about the Catholic Church’s faults, and the rapid spread of the newly translated Bible. These documents started the Protestant Reformation which was to continue for another hundred years.
Martin Luther was born on the 10th of November 1483 in Eisleben, Germany. After school Martin studied to become a lawyer at the University of Erfurt. One night he was walking in a thunderstorm, Martin Luther prayed to St Anne to help him, he said he would leave university and become a Catholic Monk. He was ordained in 1507. He taught at the University, 5 years later he became a doctor of Theology(religion). In 1510 Martin Luther travelled to Rome
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Martin Luther translated the Bible from Latin to German underlining his beliefs. The New Testament was published on the 21st of September, 1522 and the second edition was duplicated in December. From the Old Testament the Pentateuch was released in 1523 and a year later the Psalms. In 1534 the translation of the whole German Bible was published. Martin Luther wanted to encourage people with the Bible and believed that to translate the Bible to German people would read it. The translation was similar to the original Bible, Martin tried to write as much as possible from the Hebrew and Greek texts. There was a German Bible before Martin created it but it used the Latin translation. The Bible called the Vilgata. The new translation of the Bible developed the early modern German language. The German Bible rapidly spread throughout Europe. Later people translated the Bible into other languages. This was because of Martin Luther’s German Bible(Appendix
Luther was zealous towards the gospel. He felt strongly about the gospel and felt it was unfair only the upperclassmen and well educated could read and interpret the bible themselves. People should be able to read and interpret God’s word themselves rather than trusting the pope’s interpretations. This was unpopular with the Catholic Church because they felt a loss of control over the masses and common people. What is more is the people of Wittenberg were too unintelligent to understand God’s word and this lead to the translating of the New Testament to German in 1529. It was not long before Luther took it upon himself to translate the Gospel in its entirety to German.
In (Document C) it presents a map of the religion in Europe in 1560 and shows that Catholic was the dominant religion. Since the exploration of the printing press, people were able to read the Bible for themselves and interpret it the way they wanted to. Martin Luther was a Catholic priest of the time and was not satisfied with the church. In (Document B) it informs that “On October 31, 1517 he posted 95 Theses’ or criticism’ on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg Germany. One of his goals was to stir up debate about indulgences.” Thanks to the printing press the 95 Theses were spread Germany and Europe. “Luther’s protest triggered a movement called the Protestant Reformation and led to the Lutheran religion.”(Document
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In 1522, Luther began to organize a reformed church and was the first to translate the New Testament into German. This New Testament sold almost 200,000 copies and created great appeal for Lutheranism. It allowed many Germanic people to read the Bible because it no longer required the people to know Latin. However, it did not reach everyone as many people were still illiterate. From its beginning, the reformation was tied to political affairs as it was supported by many German
Far from being an element that should be purged from the new forms of worship being developed at this time, Luther allowed for coexistence of both Latin and German. Latin was the language of scholarly writing and diplomacy, and to remove it entirely he believed would be detrimental to the education of youth at the time. In the preface to his Deutsche Messe und Ordnung (German Mass and Order of Divine Service) of 1526, Luther wrote:
Theses on the door of the All Saints Church in Wittenberg. Three of Luther’s best known works were published in 1520: To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, and On the Freedom of a
Martin Luther was one of the more important people during the Reformation. Luther was born in November 10, 1483 in Germany and he died in February 18, 1546. During his time he was known as someone who started the change of Christianity. He didn’t agree with what was going on in the Church and wanted to change what was going on in the Church. Luther was someone who was in the right town, area, and age where he was able to get things done. The resources that he needed may have been hard to come by but he still made sure that he got his voice out.
Three important changes that Luther made to his 'new reformed ' Church were: writing hymns in German so people could sing praises to the Lord, allowing the clergies to get married, and having Lutheranism taught in the vernacular, also known as the common language.
Martin Luther was a Monk, Priest and Theologian born in late 1483 in the German town of Eisleben. His father owned a copper mine and had always wished for his son to go into civil service. When Luther was seventeen he arrived at the University of Erfurt. By 1502, Luther had already received his bachelor’s degree and by 1505 he had a Master’s degree. The same year, while returning to University, he was caught in a tremendous thunderstorm. A lightening bolt struck near him and terrified, he cried out, "Help, St. Anne! I'll become a monk!”. Luther lived, and keeping to his promise, he dropped out of university and entered the monastery.
Martin Luther was the unwitting founder of the Protestant Reformation. He wrote many books, "95 Theses", "On Christian Liberty", "Large Catechism", "Table Talk", "Small Catechism", "On the Jews and Their Lies", "Luther Bible", "On the Bondage of the Will", "To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation", "On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church", "A Simple Way to Pray", and "Commentary on Galatians". His writings fractionalized the Catholic Church and sparked the Protestant Reformation. He was the catalyst of the Protestant Reforamtion, his writings and actions precipatated a movement that reformulated certain principles of Christianity. Which resulted in resulted in the division of Western Christendom between Roman Catholicism and the new
Luther translated The New Testament from Hebrew and Ancient Greek into the more commonly spoken German language
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It says it in the title of the work, “Address to the Christian German Nobility” 2. He wanted them to help in his fight against the clergy. Another possible audience for this treatise could have been the common citizens of the German nation. Luther did not write this in Latin, he wrote it in German. That made it more accessible to the common people of the German nations. Also, if the majority of the people of the German nation wanted the church to be reformed then it might have had some influence on the leader’s decision. It helped Luther get more
Martin Luther was born in Eisleben, Saxony which is located in Germany on November 10, 1483 (“Martin Luther- Biography”). Luther was born into humble living, with his parents were peasants. Luther’s dad was a miner and did not want his son to mine as well, so he sent Luther to school at the age of seven with hopes of him becoming a lawyer. Luther continued onto that path until he experienced a life-altering event. In 1505 Luther was caught in a thunderstorm and became so afraid he frantically prayed for mercy on his life. In his anguished prayer, he promised St. Anne (the patron Saint of miners) that he would become a monk if the storm subsided. The storm passed, and thus Luther’s journey began. Luther became a monk and spent several
A German Augustinian friar, Martin Luther launched the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century. Luther grew up the son of a miner, but he did not maintain that lifestyle for himself. He lived in a period that had a widespread desire for reformation of the Christian church and a yearning for salvation.