Martin Luther And The Protestant Reformation

Martin Luther was born in the Harz Mountains of Germany in 1483. Through his life a reformation like no other was born. This reformation was largely due to a single document authored by Martin Luther. Luther wrote a document called the 95 Theses. This document opened up Europe to a new view on Christianity and some of the ways the Catholic Church portrayed it to the community. This document is a controversial topic on what its original intentions were. Whether it was to attack the church or just for intellectual conversation in the college at Wittenberg it caused a movement across the country as well as the continent and later the world. The 95 Theses challenges and questions ways of the church as well as it is the symbol of the start of the Protestant Reformation.

Many events occurred such as, John Smyth establishing the baptist church, and the church prohibiting Galileo from further scientific work. Later in 1618 the 30 years war started, and in 1621 the church banned Johann Keplers the “Epitome of the Copernican Astronomer”. All of these events contribute to the idea that the church had all the power. Thus the Religious Reformation period was the most important time because new religions were formed and the RCC had all the power.

As regarded in the text, Reformation was the start of Protestantism inspired by ideas of Martin Luther. Martin Luther firmly believed that one who has faith in God and is right in his deeds will achieve salvation. It would be God and not the Pope make that decision. According to Martin Luther, God created all Christians n equal and therefore all Christians should have equal rights to decide on their deeds.

The Protestant Reformation was a time of change and development throughout Catholic Europe. The changes included religion, politics, and culture, defining Europe entirely. It took a brave person to get change, Martin Luther who challenged the Catholic Churches in their Christian practices. Luther argued for a change in church’s power, this lead to an abundance of wars with this issue. Reformers wanted the power to put in the hands of pastors or Christian leaders. This back and forth problem led to the Counter Reformation, which was the intense response to Protestants. 2017 marked the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s historic 95 theses. However, there are various factors/leaders that contributed to the growing popularity of the Reformation, such as: Meister Eckhart, Jan Hus, and Desiderius Erasmus.

Throughout the ages, especially in the middle Ages, the Catholic Church had always been a very powerful institution in the world. Its wealth, its political power, its splendid and stunning decorations have always encouraged people to be part of this community of believers. The unique spiritual concern of Catholics around that time was to know how to have access to the kingdom of heaven. But however, did church leaders use this opportunity to manipulate the faithful members of the church in providing for their own needs? Were false doctrines been taught to blind the faithful? What has happened to God’s grace? James Atkinson, the author of Martin Luther and the birth of Protestantism gives us a clear understanding of who Martin Luther was, his mission and his purposes. No other man in history has ever changed the history of the church like Martin Luther did. And he is considered as the man who shook the church in the 16th century.

The protestant reformation had vast effects on leadership in Europe, or in some cases leadership had vast effects on the protestant reformation.in the cases of Martin Luther (1483-1546) and Henry VIII of England (1491-1547), the examples this writer has chosen, will illustrate that the reformation solidified the authority of the Secular governments at least in Germany and England Respectively as these cases show. Luther takes away authority from the Pope and thus the Catholic Church, thus solidifying the secular authorities of the region; and Henry VIII founds the Church of England originally for his own purpose of divorce but he and his descendants use the Church of England for their own individual needs for power and influence.

Martin Luther was a German professor of Theology during the 13th and 14th century who was a key figure of the Protestant Reformation. In this paper, I will discuss the impact of Martin Luther’s actions from a standpoint of the Catholic Church and its reaction to Martin Luther’s work. To discuss this, I will use some of the works of Martin Luther himself along with sources from authors Paul A. Bishop, David M. Whitford, Nickie Kranz, Adoplh Spaeth, and ShinHyung Seong and their work in chronicling various events from that can be linked back to Martin Luther.

During the sixteenth century, new religious leaders emerged and began to question the Catholic Church’s monopolistic control over Europe. Reformers such as Martin Luther and King Henry VIII saw multifarious issues with the Catholic Church; furthermore, they fervently believed that a reform was vital. While Martin Luther of Germany and King Henry VII of England had completely different motives for reforming religion, the actions of both individuals had an immense impact on the state of the Catholic Church. Whereas Luther abominated indulgences and the unquestioning acceptance of the Pope’s ideas, King Henry VIII hoped to diminish the power of the Church after he was denied his request for an annulment. Irrefutably, both men had distinct motivations for reforming the place of worship.

In the early days of November 10, 1483, Martin Luther was born in Eisleben, Saxony, in modern southeast Germany and it was an extremely tense world. But on the other hand great changes were waiting around the corner, and Luther too, would take a part in these changes.

Protestantism is a major division within the Christian faiths. Martin Luther played an outstanding role in the reformation. He left the Catholic Church to begin the reformation. Luther was the leader of this movement until his death. He also made the principles of the ninety-five theses in 1517. The ninety-five thesis was a list of rules and laws for the new churches Martin established. Luther had a desire for all people to obtain religious freedom. King Henry also helped change the church for selfish reasons. The Catholic Church refused to give the King a divorce. This was the reason he was motivated to help with the Protestant Reformation. The reformation allowed people to live differently in these new religions. “Protestantism itself contains many different denominations. They include the Lutheran church, the Presbyterian church, and the Baptist church.” (Puritan Reformation) Protestants earn his name by protesting against the papacy and roman rule. He included every church outside of the Catholic Church. The Roundheads and The Royalists fought over government power. The Puritans won the war over the Royalists and gained power of the government for several years. Martin Luther, King Henry, and leaders of the English Civil War were essential to the creation and development of the Protestant Reformation.

In 1517 Martin Luther changed the world by publishing his 95 theses. Martin Luther was a Catholic Monk who noticed all the impurities of the Roman Catholic Church. He published his 95 theses that called the church out on everything wrong. He publicly nailed his these to the church which stated that the sell of indulgences are illegal, the Bible is the only religious authority, and that the only way into heaven is through your faith not by your deeds. This sparked a reform that changed every aspect of the world because the church at the time was the main authority. Therefore the Protestant Reformation forever impacted the modern world.

Martin Luther, born November 10th, 1483 was an influential model to society and started the Protestant Reformation. Growing up in a German Catholic family with his parents wanting him to pursue a career in law, they were not very happy when he decided to change that and become a monk and theology professor. After becoming a monk, he realized that he did not agree with the Catholic Church and created the “95 Theses” which caused him to break away from the Catholic Church and start the Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther’s life was all about changing the view of the Catholic Church, letting the people have power and not just the church, and allowing a better connection between god and his people.

Martin Luther, a monk and professor with the university at Wittenberg, is the legendary figure of the Protestant Reformation. This Reformation was a movement began in 1517 as Luther nailed his infamous ninety-five theses to the door of Castle Church. These theses that were meant to spark debate among his students circulated among an increasingly questioning population and kindled church and religious renewal across Europe. Other reformers, such as Peter Waldo, John Wycliffe, and John Hus also took issue with the church and papacy and helped to begin the process of change.

Martin Luther was a German monk, a professor of theology, former catholic priest and also to begin the Protestant Revolution. Martin Luther’s goal was not to break the catholic religion but become angry at the corruption and he wanted to correct what he thought was abuse by the church. Luther rejected most of the teaching of the Roman Catholic. He was convinced that the church was corrupt in its way and had lost sight of what he saw as several of the central truths of Christianity. One of the reasons Martin Luther disillusioned with the Catholic Church was because of sales of indulgences to absolve sin. Indulgence was a certificate you would get after repentance, assuring the person of a temporal punishment. He strongly disagreed with the claim that forgiveness from God was to be purchased

The Protestant Reformation was the 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural change that would affect Catholic Europe forever, causing structures and beliefs to be changed that would greatly affect us today. In northern and central Europe, people who stood up for what they thought were right like Martin Luther, John Calvin and Henry VIII challenged the Church’s authority and questioned the Catholic Church’s ability to demonstrate Christian practice. The disruption triggered wars, persecutions and the so-called Counter-Reformation, the Catholic Church’s delayed but forceful response to the Protestants.