Martin Luther Thesis

Martin Luther is arguably one of the most important reformers in Church history because he was the catalyst to many of the reformations. Luther also has an interestingly dramatic attitude in the way he dealt with life situations. The Catholic Church has been through many ups and downs, but when Luther was called to be a monk the Catholic Church was failing in many ways to be the bride of Christ. When Luther became a monk he began to see the problems with the Catholic Church and wanted to see the Church redeemed from its sinful state. This eventually led to the Ninety-five Thesis, which was a list of reformations to issues Luther found with the state of the Catholic Church. Though Luther was not a reformer that sought to break away from the …show more content…
During this time families often relied on their children to take care of them in their older age due to inability to work. This was one reason Luther’s father wanted him to pursue a job that would promise good income for the future. However, one day during a thunderstorm Luther got caught in the mist of it and basically made a deal with Saint Anne to leave his studies in law and become a monk if he would be spared from this thunder storm. Luther was ordained on February 27, 1507 to pursue priesthood. Luther enjoyed partaking mass for the first time as he found that worship was a great experience for him. He did a graduate level study of theology at Erfurt and then the University of Wittenberg. Luther was very passionate about his studies in theology because he wanted to know God better and have a deeper relationship with Him. He wanted to be what God had called him to be through his priestly duties. Luther wanted to teach the scripture and he became the professor of biblical exegesis at the University of Wittenberg. Luther truly displayed that scripture is the most important thing and should govern our thinking about …show more content…
Luther’s life has even made its way into the popular culture of America because of the film that was created to display the story of Luther. Though there are many other reformers such as Zwingli or Calvin, Luther has one of the most memorable stories to reform. This fits well with the dramatic attitude that Luther has because his reformation has many moments of drama and is very interesting to hear about and think about. Luther went to the monastery more than others to make peace with God. Luther was also very concerned with his sin often living in misery because he was so overwhelmed with the weight of his sin. Luther was also one to fast sometimes three days without any food and to him the seasons of fasting were more consoling than the seasons of feasting. Luther was a very devout monk and it shows in the way that he took monkhood so seriously. This is arguably because Luther had a high view of who God was and that God had an unmovable