Martin Luther did not change the early Christian Church, he couldn't have, the Church was formed around 33 A.D. and was around for over fourteen (14) centuries before Martin Luther was ever born in 1483 A.D..
His followers. I have been raised Lutheran and I have learned that Martin Luther's original intentions were not at all to break with the Catholic church, he in fact encouraged his followers not to break from the church, he just wanted to change the corruptness of it and focus more on the Bible. The way I understand it to be is that Martin Luther's followers (not Martin Luther, it was after his death) broke from the Catholic church because they recognized the strength of the church itself and were insulted by the fact that the Catholic church excommunicated Luther.
Martin Luther first set out to reform the Catholic Church but ended up spliting it into different sects including Lutherenism.
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Martin Luther did not change his opinion about god, he remained faithful but he stronly criticized the church abuses. He said that a person's salvation can be achieved by faith alone. Thre is no need for a corrupt Church.
Well, Martin Luther found Protestantism but he never wanted to separate from the Catholic church just change their ways, But yes he did leave the Catholic Church.
Martin Luther.
Martin Luther changed his name in 1505 when he became a monk. Originally named Martin Luder, he adopted the Latin form "Luther" as he sought to reform the Catholic Church. This name change marked the beginning of his influential role in the Protestant Reformation.
Basically because the Church was asking them to change their lives to conform to Christ's high moral standards. Martin Luther did not wish to do this, and when the Church wouldn't change, he left and founded his own "church". His "supporters" who were mostly the princes what is now northern Germany liked the idea of not sending tax revenue to Rome, so they got on board with a Church tailored to their individual wants.
Martin Luther is the creator of Lutheranism. Martin Luther King was named after Martin Luther. Martin Luther King Jr. was named after his father, Martin Luther King. Nobody's name was changed.
Martin Luther was a German monk in the middle ages who disagreed with the church. He didn't like how the Church was telling people to buy their way to heaven by making them give money to the church. They were being greedy. He nailed a list of complaints to the door of a church actually. People who agreed with him followed him and created Protestants. This change was called the reformation. When Martin Luther died, the protestants also became greedy. so a group of people started the lutherans.
Yes, the Lutheran Church did originate from the teachings of the Protestant reformer, Martin Luther. The Lutheran Church has many synods, or branches, with each differing slightly in belief. It is important to note that the Lutheran Church today may differ from some of Martin Luther's ideals, as he was one of many reformers or renewers of the Church. Martin Luther had concerns with the immoral practices occurring in the Roman Catholic Church during his time. Today the Roman Catholic Church has abandoned many of those practices.
I think you have your people confused. It was Martin Luther not MLK who came out against the Catholic church. There is about 400 years difference between the two men. Martin Luther was a priest who felt that the church needed to change and felt that salvation wasn't through fear, but through faith. He began the Protestant Reformation in Germany in 1513. He changed his world.