Martin Luther's Role In The Protestant Reformation

Martin Luther was a German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk and an inspiring figure in the Protestant Reformation. Birth and education, early and academic life, and final years’ illness and death Martin Luther’s mother was Margarethe and his father was Hans Luther. Martin was born on November 10, 1483 in Eisleben, Saxony. He was baptized as a Catholic the morning after he was born. In 1484, he and his family moved to Mansfeld. His father was a leaseholder of copper mines and smelter and he also helped as one of the four citizen representatives on the local council. The spiritual professor Martin Marty defines Martin’s mother as a reliable woman of “trading-class stock and middling means.” Luther had many other brothers and sisters …show more content…
His health weakened further from 1531 to 1546. In 1536, he began to suffer from kidney and bladder stones, arthritis, and an ear infection that ruptured and ear drum. He began to feel the effects of angina in December of 1544. Luther’s poor physical health made him impatient and even harsher in his words and remarks. He preached three times in 1545 and 1546 in the Market Church in Halle. Just three days before his death, he preached his last sermon at Eisleben, which is his place of birth, on February 15, 1546. On February 17, 1546, the negotiations were finally concluded. He experienced chest pains after 8 a.m. Whenever he went to his bed, he prayed, "Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God" (Ps. 31:5), which is the common prayer of the dying. He woke up with more chest pains and was warmed with hot towels at 1 a.m. Luther thanked God for revealing his Son to him in who he had believed. His friends, Justus Jonas and Michael Coelius, yelled loudly, "Reverend father, are you ready to die trusting in your Lord Jesus Christ and to confess the doctrine which you have taught in his name?" A discrete "Yes" was Luther's answer. He died shortly after a seething stroke deprived him of his speech at 2:45 a.m. He died on February 18, 1546, at the age of 62 in Eisleben, the place of his birth. Beneath the pulpit, he was buried in the Castle Church in Wittenberg. His friends, Johannes Bugenhagen and Philipp Melanchthon, hosted the funeral. Troops of Luther's adversary Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor arrived in the town a year later, but were told by Charles not to bother the grave. Later, a piece of paper was found with Martin Luther’s last statement. His statement was in Latin, apart from "We are beggars," which was in