Most of Luther’s supporters took and his ideas and started their own church calling themselves “Lutherans” and later they were know as Protestants. Protestantism was developed during a reformation known as the Protestant Reformation and the movement began with Luther and his 95 Theses. Charles the fifth who was the Holy Roman Emperor at the time wanted to find a common ground between the Protestants and the Roman Catholic Church, so he held a meeting called the Diet of Augsburg. Luther and his right hand man named Melanchthon wrote down a list of things that introduce Lutherans and their beliefs to the Roman Catholic Church. This document is known as the "Augsburg Confession," which became the basis for the beliefs and teachings of the Protestant
