It was just Martin Luther. Martin Luther King Jr was a black civil rights leader who was slain in Memphis, TN.
Yes, Martin Luther is the leader of the Reformation and he started the Lutheran church. It is named after him. He's the one who posted the 95 thesis of things he disagreed with the catholic church about.
Luther posted what has become known as his 95 Theses. These listed his concerns at some practices in the Catholic Church, especially the selling of indulgences to gain release from purgatory. A copy of them can be seen at the link below.
There were a lot of things wrong with the church at the time of martin luther. He was a monk and scholar and he didn't agree with the church on a lot of things. The church sold bits of paper called indulgences to the people and told them that if they bought them they would go to heaven. Martin Luther wrote the 95 theses and nailed them to the door of wittenburg church. The 95 theses were all the things he thought wrong with the church. Pope Leo X was disgusted by his actions and sent him a papal bull, a formal letter excommunicating him from the church. Martin Luther burned it in front of the public. Martin Luther wanted the church to correct itself because they were cheating the people and giving them false belief.
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The Theses were nailed to the door of the cathedral by Martin Luther. It was common practice in that time to spark discussions about topics or to publicly communicate by posting a notice on the door. Luther had no idea what a huge outcry would result from his Theses posting. Martin Luther never intended to leave the church; he just wanted a few things changed, such as selling indulgences. So when everyone got upset, Luther was quite surprised and appalled. The Bishop in his town demanded Martin Luther come and defend himself to the Bishop, and Martin went and defended his ideas.
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Martin Luther became dissatisfied with a number of elements the Catholic Church had introduced such as the sale of indulgences. He protested these things and nailed a list of complaints to the door of a church. Martin Luther was the force behind the Protestant Reformation.
Martin Luther; He started the Reformation by hammering a list of things wrong with the Catholic church to the door. He created the Lutheran denomination of Protestantism.
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Because the Roman Catholic church had too much power and was doing things that they werent supposed to do.
.Catholic AnswerMartin Luther was troubled by his own conscience. He could not abide that the Church, and his religious Order were holding him to a moral standard, so he had to leave the Church to indulge himself. There were various things that he complained about the Church, but as he, himself, is hardly credible, they would all be moot. For a complete discussion about Martin Luther's "issues" please see the book below.
"Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see". -Martin Luther