Luther's Small Catechism Analysis

It did not just raise the literacy rate, but also made changes to their rights. This was due to, the mass majority wanting change, not necessarily for Christianity itself, but for the authority that ruled them, it led to wider European literacy, and eventually forced governments to grant religious freedoms. The people were now free to believe in any denomination they wanted without being persecuted, they even went on to split Lutheranism into other small sub-categories to fit their preferences. This was a slow step into recognizing that they hold most of the power when they went against their rulers.
There was no economic improvement, so the people broke away and created their own religious branch, Lutheranism. Their basis for the religion, was explained in Luther’s book, Luther's Small Catechism, I believe that I cannot by my own reason or strength believe in Jesus Christ, my Lord, or come to Him; but the Holy Spirit has called me by the Gospel, …show more content…
For instance, now Luther’s theory was that if everyone returned directly to the scriptures, they would see the one single truth, and the Church would be restored to its original simplicity. What actually happened was that people, now since the Bible was available to everyone, would have their own interpretations of verse, thus causing splits in from churches. Going back Martin Luther did not leave the church using peace, his movement turned radical when the people figured that they should through a revolution to change laws. The same went for denominations later created, clergy preached new radical ideas, and then other people interpreted them in even more radical ways. People ended up destroying churches, because the Bible said that relics were not holy. The positive outcome out of all of this was that people were starting to figure out how to change for the