He actually started by entering the Augustinian Order as a Friar. After completing his novitiate, he entered the Seminary and studied for the priesthood. Martin Luther was a very troubled soul, and all of his biographers disagree greatly as to his ordination and first Mass - nothing from the time makes any sense, except that, according to Martin Luther's own writings from this period, it must have been the most happy time of his life, away from his father, and before he left and struck out on his own.
Martin Luther was the leader of the Protestant Reformation.
Roman Catholic AnswerThe first one that gained a lot of followers and notoriety was Arius in the early fourth century. Probably the most famous in recent history was Martin Luther.
He wasn't a monk. Martin Luther was a law student that questioned the Catholic Church. He was the start of the Protestant movement of the Christian Church.
The Lutheran Church, named after Martin Luther (NOT Martin Luther King, Jr) began in 1517 when Martin Luther posted the Ninety-Five Theses upon the Roman Catholic Church in Germany, and the ideas spread around Europe, forming the Lutheran Church.
Germany (started by Martin Luther - no not Martin Luther King Jr., this is someone else)
First off, it's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church. . Secondly, Martin Luther never started a movement to reform the Catholic Church, Martin Luther LEFT the Catholic Church to start his own Church. Which is a completely different thing. That is commonly mislabeled as the protestant reformation, Catholics refer to it as the protestant revolt.
Martin Luther and his followers started Lutheranism.
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In a bit of hyperbole, This day in history writes: On October 31 in 1517, the priest and scholar Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, and nails a piece of paper to it containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation. You may read them at the link below, but be prepared, they are neither revolutionary nor did they start the protestant revolt, they were very Catholic theses for the most part.
Protestantism was originally founded after Martin Luther split from the Catholic Church at the start of the Reformation in 1517. Thus, Protestantantism could be said to have been against Catholicism.
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