“His object was tomake the Bible available to ordinary people, in the language they spoke on the streets, so thatthey could mediate for themselves the meanings without the intervention of a priest” (Sayre267). He did this by using the printing press, which used movable type to create identical copiesof written works like the Bible and Luther’s 95 Theses. Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press wasamong one of the greatest contributors to the Protestant Reformation. Lastly, corruption within the Catholic Church was a large part of Martin Luther’s 95Theses. The extensive corruption and underhandedness of the church involved extorting andpressuring many people for money through means of increased payment for marriages,indulgences, and baptisms.…