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Who was Martin Luther?
Martin Luther was a German Monk, Priest, Professor, and Theologian who reformed the church. His teaching triggered the reformation and has made him an essential figure in European history. He was born in Eisleben on November 1483 where he grew up as a copper miner’s son and later received a bachelor’s degree at the University of Erfurt. When he nearly escaped death he vowed to become a monk and joined a monastery but found little peace in God as he had expected. Luther was anticipating becoming a professor at a university but began to challenge the ideas imposed by the church. As time passed his teachings increasingly differed with the views of the traditional church.
Luther’s Beliefs on church reformation
Martin Luther deeply influenced the “doctrines and culture of the Christian church” and its many denominations, according to Wikipedia. His translation of the bible furthered the development of a standard version of the Bible in German language. In 1510 Luther began to study the books of Hebrews, Romans and Galatians and lectured Psalms. As he studied these portions of the Bible, he came to understand key terms in regards to righteousness. His goal was to teach that “salvation is a gift of God's grace in Christ received by faith alone”. In other words Luther believed that the only way to salvation is through absolute belief. The Bible has some books that talk about that specific subject matter and there are books that talk about salvation by deeds and not faith. What Martin Luther was trying to say with the 95 thesis is that the church was completely corrupted by the choices the popes and priests were making and that they needed to follow the rules written in the Bible, but since even the bible had its contradictions, Martin Luther decided to bring those up as well in the 95 thesis.
Martin Luther did many controversial things that put him in situations were he could...
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