How Did Martin Luther Contribute To The Reform

Martin Luther was a very important figure in the reformation and in the translating of the Bible. According to Pettegree, Luther was a person who was very social and got along with everyone (3). He was a humble man and took no pride or expected no fame from his involvement with the reformation. Martin Luther did not expect fame to come with his work; however, he ended up becoming one of the most famous people in the Lutheran religion. In fact, Martin Luther is what the Lutheran religion is based on and named after. God, Wittenberg, the printing press, and Luther’s friends, all helped guide Luther toward his accomplishments during his life. Before Luther became a monk, a bad storm threatened his life. Luther fearing for his life prayed to Saint Anna to save him from the storm; in turn, he would devote his life to becoming a monk (32). God used this storm to serve as a path to guide Luther into becoming the head of the reformation. Luther stuck to his promise and dropped out of law school and started attending school to become a monk. Throughout this life-threatening experience, God led Luther down the path to become one of the most famous names during the reformation.
Pettegree writes that the demand of the printing press was so much that it was hard for them to keep up. Luther had his work banned, but because of the printing press, his works were still being published. The printers decided they were no longer going to be publishing Catholic works because Luther’s works outnumbered them 9 to 1. Luther; however, did not enjoy working with Rhau Grunenburg because he was not a good worker. As the printing press became more popular a new generation of printers replaced Grunenburg in Wittenberg. Printers began to only publish works that were approved by Luther. Later, Luther had total control over the text that the printing press would