The Christian religion is and has been one of the most prominent religions in the whole world and Martin Luther deeply impacted how the church ran in the Renaissance. He was a teacher and a great writer who used his teaching to help others. He was a Christian humanist, religious influencer and father of the protestant reformation which changed the way people viewed God in the Renaissance. Due to all of these things and many more, I believe that Martin Luther deserves to be awarded “Most Influential Renaissance Person”.
First of all, Martin Luther was a great teacher and writer who used his power as an educated man to help others. He wrote the highly influential and controversial 95 Theses containing 95 statements about God and the negative …show more content…
This religious centre was so powerful that anyone who dared go against it had almost certain death and Martin Luther did that very thing. He refused to recant his words and writings even when it would mean his excommunication from the very church his social life and religious life revolved around. At the time of the Renaissance, excommunication took away most of your power and made Martin Luther a wanted and vulnerable man. Martin Luther risked the position that had made his life so meaningful in order to teach people and bring them out of the Church’s control. Martin Luther also took great risks of public humiliation by calling out Church Executives on selling indulgences that made them money which went to extravagant purchases. Due to his many actions mentioned in this paragraph, Martin Luther had to go undercover for around a year and even went against the church in that time by hand copying a bible in the german language. Martin Luther was a risk taker in many ways both positive and negative, however, he was also an influencer in different ways by being a Christian humanist and one of the main creators of the protestant religion and protestant …show more content…
He started a revolution that completely changed the course of Christianity and his many small actions changed the way people thought and still do. He played a big role in creating a whole new religion called Protestantism and many Lutheran Churches. This religion was/is based solely on the bible and Martin’s teachings and there are still many of these churches and schools today including one of our competing schools in Rocky View, Prince of Peace Lutheran School. Many modern people believe that Martin Luther was not a humanist influencer to which I do agree as he made some comments regarding other religions and governments that contrasted humanist views. However, Martin Luther’s main focus as an educator and religious influencer was to educate people and help them be independent and away from the Roman Catholic Churches deception which follows the humanistic aspects of religion and education within the Christian Worldview. Along with being an influencer, father of the protestant reformation and Christian Humanist, Martin Luther was also a great teacher, writer and a risk taker who stood up to the deceitful Roman Catholic Church and he deserves to be
First of all, Martin Luther was a great teacher and writer who used his power as an educated man to help others. He wrote the highly influential and controversial 95 Theses containing 95 statements about God and the negative …show more content…
This religious centre was so powerful that anyone who dared go against it had almost certain death and Martin Luther did that very thing. He refused to recant his words and writings even when it would mean his excommunication from the very church his social life and religious life revolved around. At the time of the Renaissance, excommunication took away most of your power and made Martin Luther a wanted and vulnerable man. Martin Luther risked the position that had made his life so meaningful in order to teach people and bring them out of the Church’s control. Martin Luther also took great risks of public humiliation by calling out Church Executives on selling indulgences that made them money which went to extravagant purchases. Due to his many actions mentioned in this paragraph, Martin Luther had to go undercover for around a year and even went against the church in that time by hand copying a bible in the german language. Martin Luther was a risk taker in many ways both positive and negative, however, he was also an influencer in different ways by being a Christian humanist and one of the main creators of the protestant religion and protestant …show more content…
He started a revolution that completely changed the course of Christianity and his many small actions changed the way people thought and still do. He played a big role in creating a whole new religion called Protestantism and many Lutheran Churches. This religion was/is based solely on the bible and Martin’s teachings and there are still many of these churches and schools today including one of our competing schools in Rocky View, Prince of Peace Lutheran School. Many modern people believe that Martin Luther was not a humanist influencer to which I do agree as he made some comments regarding other religions and governments that contrasted humanist views. However, Martin Luther’s main focus as an educator and religious influencer was to educate people and help them be independent and away from the Roman Catholic Churches deception which follows the humanistic aspects of religion and education within the Christian Worldview. Along with being an influencer, father of the protestant reformation and Christian Humanist, Martin Luther was also a great teacher, writer and a risk taker who stood up to the deceitful Roman Catholic Church and he deserves to be