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Early Life

Born in Eisleben


Parents were peasants but not poor


Wanted Luther to study Law

1st Great Event

Lightning Storm 1505


Cried out to St. Anne


Said he would become monk


Two weeks later entered Augustinian monastery


1507 ordained


1508 began to teach in Wittenberg

2nd Great Event

Gave first mass and was terrified


overcome by a sense of inadequacy


he feared a judgmental God, did not understand grace

Staupitz

Luther's Spiritual advisor


Luther would confess his sins for hours


Told him to just love God and study the Bible


had Luther teach on Psalms and Romans

Trip to Rome

1510-1511


Hypocrisy and corruption

3rd great event

Lectured on Psalms

Became preacher of Wittenberg in 1514


Lectured on Romans


Galatians and Hebrews


Convinced that only faith


Tetzel and the indulgences

Leo X wants to build St. Peter's


Needs money to finance


Hits up the Germans


Sells indulgences


Tired of funding Italy


Concerned for forgiveness

Theses

95 theses Oct. 31 1517


1. Objection to the object of the expenditure


2. Denial of Pope's power over purgatory


3. Consideration of the welfare of the sinner

Problems with Rome

Luther angered by Pope's action


Pope as anti-Christ


Sinners were not truly reconciled


Sola Scriptura


Luther was supported by many of his peers



Diet of Heidelberg

1518


Luther presents his views to the Augustinian order


Wider acceptance of Luther's ideas by younger augustinians

Diet of Augsburg

1518


Cardinal sent to procure recantation or bring to rome


Luther argues based on Scripture vs. Canon Law



Sylvester Pierias

Papal theolgian


writes against 95 thesis


pope infallible


Roma Church is antichrist

Leipzig debate

Luther denies purgatory


Scripture should be the only basis, declares papacy



Exsurge Domine

1520


Luther has 60 days to recant or be ex by Leo X


Luther writes 3 treatises and burns papal bull publicly

Diet of Worms

Summoned by newly elected Charles V HRE


Supporters of Luther feared for his safety


Luther gives his views, declared a heretic


Captured by Frederick and taken to Warburg


Edict of Worms is issued

On the Bondage of the Will

Salvation is entirely up to God


No one reaches for God


Justification is by faith ALONE. Sola Fide.

View of Secular Authority

Government is instituted by God


Man should obey the government


Demonstrated in Luther's view of the Peasant's war

To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation

Knocks down walls


Spiritual power is above temporal power


Pope needs to interpret Scripture because it is hard


Council can only be called by the Pope

Law and Gospel

Contras the two


OT is for godly examples, fulfilled prophecy, can't obey the law


writes and preaches on both OT and NT =

Babylonian captivity of the Church

Written to show the corruptness of the RCC


Problems:


Withholding the cup from laity


Doctrine of transubstantiation


That the mass is a sacrifice

Freedom of a Christian

Salvation is by grace through faith



free to do good works out of love, not necessity

dogs

Be thou comforted, little dog, Thou too in Resurrection shall have a little golden tail.