How Did Martin Luther King Contribute To The Reformation

Martin Luther is one of the greatest religious leaders the world has ever seen and is thought to have been the spark to the Reformation. Some people viewed Martin as a heretic, but the other people saw him as a supporter of religious freedom and truth. The Lutheran church branch is named after him so many people in todays society credit him as the most influential person to help shape the state of Protestant Christian religion. He was a pious German monk and theologian. Martin disagreed with the papacy selling indulgences to those who have alms for the pious work to pay for the rebuilding of St Peter’s church in Rome in 1515. An indulgence is grants given to the pope to make your time in purgatory shorter. Some preachers deceived the people into believing that buying indulgences would win the, or even the dead, a secure place in heaven. Luther criticized that the preaching of the papal indulgences was being abused. The whole debate between the people made them question the papal power within the church. (textbook) …show more content…
It only took two weeks before it was circulated throughout all of Germany. This sparked it because he was going against the church and that made the church furious with Martin. One of the phrases from the 95 theses states that “Those who believe that, through letters of pardon, they are made sure of their own salvation will be eternally damned along with their teachers”. This is saying that if you bought an indulgence then you are not going to heaven you are going to hell. Someone then copied Martins paper in a printer and his name became known all over Germany. (Document 3 &