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    Martin Luther was born In Germany 1483, November 10th in Eisleben, Saxony, in modern southeast Germany. He began his education in Mansfield. As he grew older till the age of 14 he moved to Magdeburg to continue his studies and education. In 1498 he returned to his home town to Eisleben and enrolled in another school and studied grammar, rhetoric and logic. 1501 Martin Luther entered the University of Erfurt and received a degree of the arts and looked towards being a lawyer later on to his future

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    Martin Luther was born in Eisleben, Saxony, which is now Germany in 1483. Martin’s parents are Hans and Margaretta Luther. Both of his parents were peasants. His father was a hard worker he started off in the mines and ended up owning several small mines. Hans Luther became a small scales businessman. Martin went the Latin school at Mansfeld in 1490. Then he went to Magdeburg in 1497. Then he went to Eisenach in 1498. Martin’s father wanted him to be a lawyer to keep the success going in there family

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    Influence of Martin Luther A German priest, professor of theology and philosophy, but most importantly an iconic figure of the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century. This man alone challenged the most powerful religion, empire, and figure of the time. What he did would soon influence the lives of millions of people all around the world. He is known as the father of Protestantism. The man changed the course of history and reshaped Europe. This man’s name is Martin Luther. Martin Luther was born

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    Martin Luther, the perfect man to bring about the reformation, was very obedient to God and due to this he brought about a lot of controversy. Martin Luther was the perfect catalyst for the reformation because once he knew what God wanted him to do, he would do it no matter what the consequences would be. That is the exact kind of person that God needs to bring about His work. In Genesis 19:26, speaking of Lot’s wife, it says, “But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of

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    MARTIN LUTHER-REFORMANIST Martin Luther: Martin Luther is one of the fathers’ of the Reformation movement. Martin Luther’s had Justification Early in his life and Martin Luther dedicated himself to the monastic life. His joining of the Augustinian friary at Erfurt, Germany in 1505 would begin a journey that would eventually create the foundation for a new religious movement within Christendom called protestant reformation. Martin Luther would lead this Protestant Movement in Germany, this would

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    Martin Luther’s “95 Theses”. Born in Eisleben, Saxony, now known as Germany, in the year of 1943, Martin Luther became Western history’s most prominent figures known to mankind. In his early years, Martin Luther spent his time as a scholar and a monk, a member of a certain religious community, usually composed of men who lived under vows of chastity, obedience and poverty. Martin Luther was a part of the Holy Roman Empire where his father was a successful businessman. When he was 13, Luther attended

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         Martin Luther grew up in a time when there was basically one religion to look upon. Luther was born on November 10, 1483, in Eisleben, Germany. He was raised Catholic by his family that was held together by his father, Hans. Hans was a miner, and he worked his way up to the middle class by leasing mines and furnaces. With the money that he earned, he bought his family a house, and he became a well-respected citizen of their new hometown, Mansfeld. At seven years old, Martin began his schooling

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    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. On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther, angry with Pope Leo X’s new round of indulgences to help build St. Peter’s Basilica, nailed a sheet of paper with his 95 Theses on the University of Wittenberg’s chapel door. Martin Luther was a German monk who began

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    1517, Martin Luther posted a document directly striking the Catholic Church. Corrupt practice, selling “indulgences” to cancel sin, were something Mr. Luther thought was detrimental to the Bibles teachings. His “95 Theses” sparked a religious movement, the Protestant Reformation. I feel that Martin Luther was the main reason of this reform. In the 95 Thesis, Luther is discussing his disappointment with the Roman Catholic Church. He did not approve of the pope granting remission of time to be spent

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    history, many figures have influenced history negatively, positively, or just changed the course of history in general. For example figures such as Martin Luther and Ferdinand Magellan have changed the course of history. Though both very important, Martin Luther has had a gigantic impact on the lives today, those of the past, and those of the future. Martin Luther was responsible for the split of Christianity, the downfall of Church and state ruling together, and the end of Latin use in books and other

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