Martin Luther
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- MARTIN LUTHER
- BACKGROUND
- Born 10/11/1483 in Germany
- At first studied Law
- 1505 - joined a monastic order
- He became a Augustinian Monk
- 1507 - Ordained as a Priest
- 1512 - Doctor of theology @ Uni of Wittenberg
- 1510 - Disappointed in the abuses of indulgences in Rome
- SOLA FIDE - FAITH ALONE
- Justification by faith alone
- Promotes individual relationships with God
- Undermined the Church
- God is merciful
- 1510 - 1520 - Studied the Bible vigorously
- 95 THESES
- 31/10/1517
- Sent to his Bishop, Albert of Mainz
- Spread quickly through Europe - printing press
- Centres on baptism + absolution
- Rejected the validity of indulgence
- Violation of penance + confession
- THREE REVOLUTIONARY MANIFESTOS
- "Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation" - August 1520
- Appeal to Charles V to reform Church
- Attack on the abuses of the Church
- Dismissed power of the pope
- "The priesthood of all believers"
- Monastic life is useless
- "Babylonian Captivity of the Church" - October 1520
- Trusting in God's mercyt
- "On the Freedom of a Christan" - November 1520
- Most revolutionary
- Sacraments were fraud imposed by popes
- Denys teaching of priests only receiving wine
- Denied transubstantiation
- "Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation" - August 1520
- BACKGROUND
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