His Father Hans was a copper mine owner. At age 17, the year 1501 he enrolled in the University of Erfurt. He graduated the school one year later in the year 1502. In the year 1505 he received his masters degree. A lightning bolt struck near to him as he was returning to school. Terrified, he cried out, "Help, St. Anne! I'll become a monk!" Spared of his life, but regretting his words, Luther kept his bargain, dropped out of law school and entered the monastery there. While in the monastery Luther did not receive the religious enlightenment he was expecting would come to him. When Luther was 27 he was selected to be a delegate at a church conference in Rome. There was when he first witnessed the corruption within the Catholic Church.When he returned he enrolled in the University of Wittenberg, where he received his doctorate and become a professor of Theology at the
His Father Hans was a copper mine owner. At age 17, the year 1501 he enrolled in the University of Erfurt. He graduated the school one year later in the year 1502. In the year 1505 he received his masters degree. A lightning bolt struck near to him as he was returning to school. Terrified, he cried out, "Help, St. Anne! I'll become a monk!" Spared of his life, but regretting his words, Luther kept his bargain, dropped out of law school and entered the monastery there. While in the monastery Luther did not receive the religious enlightenment he was expecting would come to him. When Luther was 27 he was selected to be a delegate at a church conference in Rome. There was when he first witnessed the corruption within the Catholic Church.When he returned he enrolled in the University of Wittenberg, where he received his doctorate and become a professor of Theology at the