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    A Letter of Reflection of the Improper Practices of the Church by Martin Luther Martin Luther was a German monk, theologian, university professor, Father of Protestantism and church reformer whose ideas influenced the Protestant Reform, and changed the course of Western Civilization. Luther did not like the immoral conduct that was exhibited in the Church, so he composed the Ninety-Five Thesis which sparked a theological dispute that would result in the Reformation and the birth of the Lutheran.

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    the 16th century that was against the Roman Catholic and its way of controlling things. Martin Luther, a reformer along with John Calvin and Henchurches VII. Luther may have had full faith in God, but he also had fear in him and his powers. They questioned the authority of the church and argued over political and religious powers in the hands of the bible. Martin Luther was the starter of it all. Martin Luther was a German monk who decided to start the Reformation. In 1517 he sent out a paper with

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    Joe Ramadanovic Mr. Mack World Civilization 2 September 27, 2017 Protestant Reformation Essay 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

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    The reformation in 1517 began with Martin Luther’s complaints about church affairs. He wrote these complaints in a set of theses (“the 95 Theses”) about doctrinal matters concerning the church; in particular, criticising the sale of indulgences by the church. The contentious use of indulgences in the church and its denunciation by Luther was one of the main causes for the Reformation in 1517. This essay will examine Martin Luther and his views on indulgences which led him to write the 95 Theses.

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    started by Martin Luther, a Christian theologian and Augustinian monk. Luther was motivated by religious determination. It all started in 1577, when Martin Luther posted his Ninety-five Theses against the sale of indulgences on the door of the church at Wittenberg, Germany. He unintentionally stated the Protestant Reformation. Although most of the peasants during the time mostly demanded economic and political changes, the religious Reformation was the start of the explosion. Luther disagreed with

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    Martin Luther was a german professor of theology. He also was a priest, a composer, and known as a seminal figure in the protestant reformation. The catholic church used a psychology technique called manipulation. Manipulation is “to control or play upon by artful, unfair, or insidious means especially to one's own advantage.” He was an important contribution to the denomination, lutheran. Martin Luther is a very important part in history. The roman catholic church was manipulating the townspeople

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    Martin Luther: Reformer Martin Luther was born in Eisieben, Germany, on November 10,1483, St. Martin’s Day. He was the son of Has Luther, a coal miner, and Margarethe. Martin’s parents were of the middle class and were unbending in their disciplinary acts. He attended the best schools in his region but all of them held to the barbaric discipline system of the times. This had a big impact on Martin’s personality. But he did receive some positive influence from his home

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    Martin Luther was a German monk who had truly believed that the bible was the only source of religious authority and how salvation could only be achieved through faith of Jesus Christ. Believing his own different beliefs Luther had started the Protestant Reformation. The Protestant Reformation was a religious European reformation based on the corrupted Roman Catholic Church's unjust practices. Pope Leo X had started to sell indulgences. An indulgences was guaranteed salvation for whoever gave a donation

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    and Efficacy of Indulgences” to the front door of Castle Church in Wittenberg on the eve of All Saints’ Day. This event, though Martin Luther’s previous letters of complaint were clearly documented and the theology argued, was a clear and sympathetic outcry against corrupt church officials, not unlike the Bible’s own Pharisees, and garnered a following that even Luther could not have predicted. He gave voice to those who raged against the corrupt practices of granting indulgences (the forgiveness

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    Martin Luther was a Monk and later became a teacher/professor of religion. The Church more or less gave him the boot are you could say they condemned him. The Church taught that people could enter heaven through their good works. Martin Luther was seen as a heretic even though he himself didn’t. The Church even went as far as to excommunicate him. In a debate Martin Luther’s ideas were compared to another’s who was a condemned heretic. Martin Luther was even called a drunken German. Martin Luther

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