Martin Luther

He promised that he would become a monk.

His 95 thesis (problems with the church). And just so you know, the church door was like a bulletin, so he wasn't being disrespectful when he nailed it to the door.

The Church reacted the same way that she would to any heretic, she tried everything in her power to save him. The Church, particularly the pope at that time, repeatedly made attempts to meet with Martin Luther even to providing him transportation to Rome to meet with the Holy Father. Martin Luther scorned every overture of the Church, and actually burned the Holy Father's invitation. At that point the Church reacted in the only way she could, by publicly condemning Luther's heretical propositions and excommunicating him. See attached links below.

Martin Luther likely never visited Riga.

The sale of indulgences.

Because it was sunny.

He was the man that led the Protestant Reformation. He was a priest and theology professor. He was born on the November 10, 1483 and died February 18, 1546.

1529

After Martin Luther wrote a piece about Henry VIII, Thomas More wrote a rebuttal. In Luther's piece, he had called Henry many bad things such as "pig", "dolt" and "liar". In More's piece called Responsio ad Lutherum he calls Martin Luther a "friar", "ape" and "drunkard".

Martin Luther wanted clergy to marry because he thought that it was not disrespecting god to marry, and since he fell in love with Katharina von Bora, he wanted to marry her, but it was unacceptable to marry in the Catholic Church. When he formed Lutheranism, he made it ok for clergy to marry.

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Martin Luther in 1527 - 1529,

Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ein_feste_Burg_ist_unser_Gott

When discussing history it is important to know the last name to the activists of the time. In African American history Martin Luther's last name was King.

An imperial diet tried Martin Luther in Worms, Germany.

King was assassinated in 1968. He was shot in Tennessee.

He changed the minds of people and gave blacks some sort of freedom in the way that they had more privliges and rights.
He made some people believe that no matter what raxce you are... are all the same

Martin Luther was one of the great reformers, and to help him with his mission in life; fasting would have been understood by him, so that he could receive guidance from the Holy Spirit from time to time to accomplish what he did.

The name of Martin Luter King Jr.'s assassin was James Earl Ray. he was white

Martin Luder was a lawschool student who obtained a Bachelor Degree.

The Catholic Church convinced him to become a monk in their new monestary at Wittenburg's Castle Church; which spearheaded the Catholic goal of an Evangelical movement throughout Germanic tribes. The Wittenburg Seminary was founded by the Barefoot Monks and The Order of Saint Augustine of Hippo. Upon obtaining his Doctorate of Catholic Theology, the Catholic Church changed his name to Martin Luther as part of their sainthood process for those who were Doctors of the Church. Martin Luther served the Catholic Church as professor of Catholic theology at Wittenburg seminary, as an Augustinian Monk.

The Dean of Catholic Theology, Andreas Rudolph Bodenstein von Karlstadt, lead the Catholic Evangelical movement out of Wittenburg Seminary (Castle Church) and was asked to appear at Rome to address concerns. He instead, sent his most prominent pupil, Dr. Martin Luther in his place. Dr. Martin Luther was astounded by the herasies that he witnessed at the core of Western Catholicism surrounding the Church of Rome.

He realized contradictions in how Catholic theology was being taught to him in the seminary vs. how it was actually being practiced by clergy in local congregations. He wrote his 95 Thesis in Latin so that only clergy would be able to translate them; and take note of his concerns over the integrity of the Church. Someone, Latin speaking, got to it first and published it's concerns before the clergy were able to be its first observers.

The Electors of Saxony appointed by the Holy Roman Empire agreed with Dr. Martin Luther's assesment. They began the legal process of establishing a charter for independent Catholic Churches that wouldn't be loyal to the Church of Rome. Dr. Martin Luther was turned-down for debates at Rome with clergy there, but they did send a local German clergyman John Eke to debate Dr. Martin Luther instead. Karlstadt and John Calvin also participated in some of these debates. Many members of clergy sided with Dr. Martin Luther and began translating an authoritative German Bible, which Dr. Martin Luther lead and is sometimes called the Luther Bible with an Apendix (Apocrapha) containing in total 73-books, same in number as the Latin Vulgate. Unfortunately, Catholic Answers, and many other websites deliberately missrepresent this fact and often present false information to forward their cause against Dr. Martin Luther.

The Evangelical Church of Germany (EKD) was officially chartered in 1530 by the Electors of Saxony against the will of the Holy Roman Empire. A Papal Bull ordered an inquisition of those who refused to acknowledge the authority of Holy Roman Empire over the Catholic faith. A 30-Years War broke-out in the chaos and confusion, fracturing, and splitting Catholic congregations; forcing them into schism between local civil loyalty and loyalty to the Holy See of Rome. Evangelical Protestants emerged and Reformed Reformationist also emerged to combat the inquisitions lead by the military against its citizens. The Ottoman Turks became a more important threat to deal with and the inquisitions had to be haulted to preserve the Holy Roman Empire from Islamic domination. The Reformed theology congregations began establishing provincial charters in 1559.

Theology was argued over extensively between Catholic, Protestant, and Reformed congregations; to also include some Radical-Reformers. These four core doctrines were also joined by the British Empire under King Henry 8th who established the Church of England (Angilcan-Episcopal). Five core doctrines were established from traditional Catholicism: Catholic-Latin Rite/Roman Rite (Roman-Catholic), Anglican-Episcopal, Protestant, Reformed, and Radical. The Protestants are the smallest of these groups as they were geographically closetest to the strength of the Holy Roman Empire and Papacy; and have been persecuted heavily by modern era Socialists and Communists. The Reformed tradition became the largest in much of Europe and managed to pass laws by the late 1800's-early 1900's prohibiting the publication of Bibles with an Apocrapha or Deuterocanon, reducing Westernized Bibles to 66-books, nearly 400 years following Dr. Martin Luther's death (Catholic Answers dishonestly leaves this information out of their publications). Even the original King James Version (KJV) contained all 73-books accepted by Roman-Catholics. American Lutherans continued to use their German Bibles through the Great Depression and were largely unaffected by the 66-books, until English translations became necessary following a generational lack of German speaking congregations. American Lutherans today have an Apocrapha available as a companion to their English Bibles: KJV, NKJV, NIV, or ESV; which brings the 66-books up to the full 73-books.