How Did Martin Luther Influence The World

Martin Luther Martin Luther was born on November 10th, 1483, in Eisleben Germany. His father was a hard working miner, who wanted Martin to become a lawyer. So, because of his father’s wishes, he studied to be a lawyer at the University of Erfurt and graduated with a BA in 1505. Then, during the same year, he was caught in a violent thunderstorm, and during the storm he fell to the ground when lightning hit the ground close to where he stood. Martin Luther then cried out (for he was afraid he would die) and said, “Help me St. Anne and I will become a monk!” He never did die in the storm, and true to his word, became a monk. His father was very angry about this after all of the work Martin had done to become a lawyer. Two years later he was ordained a priest. …show more content…
He struggled with this idea and tried to do more. He was constantly in penance, fasting, depriving himself of sleep, and even whipping himself. He was also realizing that many people were seeing priesthood as a way to earn money. The reason behind this was the pope was selling indulgences. Martin knew that you weren’t supposed to sell indulgences, and that they had to be earned. He challenged this and many other church doctrines including the belief of stories. He thought that scripture was the only true thing about God, and that stories like the Assumption of Mary weren’t true, just for the fact that they weren’t in the bible. He then wrote the 95 theses because of his thoughts on these topics. The 95 theses are basically three topics that he didn’t like, written 95 different