Martin Luther's Religion

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Martin Luther started to make his own religion called Lutheranism. Lutheranism is a major branch of the Protestant Christianity. Luther made a new church and people started to follow him. Most people thought Martin Luther was crazy because they couldn't read and know that the Pope and the church was lying to them. A little bit after the princes became followers of Lutheranism, after that almost everyone in Germany and The Holy Roman Empire became a follower. The people liked this religion because there was definitely not lying to you about religious matters, you follow the bible exactly no lies or made up stories, no being unloyal and especially no indulgences.

In 1525 Luther married a former nun who had escaped the Catholic Church and became

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