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How Did The Protestant Reformation Change

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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 …show more content…

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

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