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For his 95 Thesis and for exposing the corruption and debauchery of the Roman Catholic Church. Others before him, Friar Savanarola for example, tried the same thing, but it was the invention of the printing press that helped Martin Luther communicate his message. The Church saw him as a great threat but didn't want to martyr him in fear of him being further and more passionately exalted by his followers, so they did what everybody in power does when they fear something or someone... they make it disappear whilst knowing the damage to their image and reputation had already been done. The irony is that Martin Luther was more Christian than the Pope, Luther also had a burning caustic wit as evident in his writings and his rhetoric is still studied today by people who wish to learn how to write and speak effectively.. As with most "heretics" he was a free thinker during a time when it was forbidden to do so.

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