How Did Martin Luther Influence The Protestant Reformation

Martin Luther was a very important figure in the Protestant Reformation, he was also known as a German professor of theology, a monk, a composer, and a priest. On November 10, 1483, Martin Luther was born to Hans Luder and Margarethe Lindemann. At a day old, in Eisleben, Saxony, he was baptized as a Catholic. He had several siblings, and out of all of his brothers and sisters his favorite happened to be, Jacob. At the age of 19, in 1501 he went to college at the University of Erfurt. Five years later, Martin Luther was receiving his Master’s degree. On June 13, 1525, he married Katharina Von Bora.

Martin Luther had started to question several of the teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. He disagreed with the teaching, that freedom from God’s punishment for sin could be bought with money. Martin Luther decided to write, Albert of Mainz, and dispute the practice of his “Disputation of Martin Luther on the Power of Efficacy of Indulgences”, later this letter was known as Ninety-five Theses. On October 31, 1517, Martin nailed his Theses to the door of All Saints Church in Wittenberg. Copies of Ninety-Five Theses spread like wildfire through Germany, Europe, France, England and Italy. This thesis made the Pope very angry, to the point that he threatened Martin Luther with excommunication unless he recanted 41 sentences of the Ninety-Five Theses within 60 days.
There was a large age gap between Luther and Katharina, at the time of their marriage, she was 26 and Luther was 41 years old. A friend of Martin and Katharina known as, John the Steadfast, gave them a former monastery, “The Black Cloister” as a wedding gift, this would be their new home. Martin and Katharina, very much in love, had six