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    Martin Luther Martin Luther was more than just a writer, and a priest, he was also the leader of the reformation. Martin Luther was born on November 10, 1483 Eisleben, Germany. Eisleben is a city in southeast Germany. Hans and Margarette Luther were Martin's parents, which both came from poor families. Hans Luther had favorable outcome in the mining and ore smelting business. In the year of 1484 Martin Luther and his family moved to Mansfield, Germany where his father had assets in ore. Hans did

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    Martin Luther was just a monk and a professor at the university of wittenberg in Germany where he lectured on on the bible. He was part of the catholic community. But there was something from the church that he did not agree with. Indulgences, he agreed with everything else since he had been studying at the university but Luther felt that indulgences were just scamming people out of money. Luther believed that just by believing in god you would go to heaven not just by indulgences. So Luther decided

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    the early 1500s by Martin Luther. They are basically a large list of the things that Martin Luther did not like about the church. Some of the things that he talked about in the list were the power of the pope and the wealth of the church. One of the things that infuriated Luther the most was the church’s use of indulgences, which allowed the church to be very wealthy. Martin Luther wrote the theses to express his concern about the corruption of the Catholic Church. Martin Luther was a German monk

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    Martin Luther Martin luther was born in Eisleben, Germany in 1483. He went on to become most popularly known as the Father of Protestantism. Luther spent his early years as a monk and scholar. In 1517, Luther wrote a document attacking the Catholic Church’s. He disputed their belief that being free from God's punishment for sins could be purchased (with money, etc.). The catholic church was divided after this. The Protestantism that came out of this was shaped by Martin Luther’s ideas. His writings

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    Martin Luther and Desiderius Erasmus make an unusual pair; Erasmus a polite and cautious scholar, Luther a bold and outspoken priest. Because of this, Erasmus’s pacifism can be quite appealing. He can seem the hero trying to free us from the slavery of God’s unapologetic will. However, when the points of their dispute are disassembled, one would find that Erasmus lacks a strong biblical argument; many times due to his attitude towards the topic. Luther’s zeal is found to be a huge asset in making

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    History 1211 Final Exam Part I: Topic # 2 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

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    all about religious beliefs and how it all spread throughout countries. There were many causes of the reformation. While reading about the reformation it all started with Martin Luther. The idea of the reformation was to purify the church and a belief that the bible should be a source of spiritual authority. Martin Luther was the first to start using the printing press to give their inspirations and ideas to their audience. By the end of the reformation, Lutheranism had become a religion throughout

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    Martin Luther Osvaldo Ramirez HST 202: World Civilizations II 23 September, 2016 “I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth” (Luther). Martin Luther, born November 10, 1843, was a figure in changing Christianity and the Roman Catholic Church in the Protestant Reformation during the 16th century. When Martin Luther started in the Church monastery he

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    The Protestant Reformation was a European movement in the 16th century which initially attempted to reform the beliefs and traditions of the Roman Catholic Church. Changing attitudes towards the Bible influenced the Reformation Movement. Martin Luther and other reformers considered the bible to be the only reliable source of instructions, as opposed to the teachings of the church. Similar to Humanists, Reformers wished to return to the source to analyze and examine the truth. Upon evaluation of the

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    Mangal The Protestant Reformation was a European movement in the 16th century which initially attempted to reform the beliefs and traditions of the Roman Catholic Church. Changing attitudes towards the bible influenced the Reformation Movement. Martin Luther and other reformers considered the bible to be the only reliable source of instructions, as opposed to the teachings of the church. Similar to Humanists, Reformers wished to return to the source to analyze and examine the truth. Upon evaluation

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