Martin Luther is responsible for making an influential and lasting impression on Western Civilization and Christianity. ... In my opinion, Martin Luther is the man that sparked the Protestant Reformation. ... Martin Luther Luther's reformation began as the result of his disagreement with common church practices. ... My opinions on faith and religion are very similar to those of Luther. ... In my opinion, history didn't make Luther; but instead, Luther made history. ...

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Few, if any, men have changed the course of history like Martin Luther. ... Martin Luther valued religion first and foremost. ... Martin Luther started a reformation of education. ... Martin Luther put faith in all of his actions. ... It is easy to say there won't ever be another Martin Luther....

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Martin Luther broke away from the Catholic Church to build his own interpretation of Christianity. Martin Luther was justified in breaking away from the Catholic Church because of the prevalence of selling indulgences, the exclusion of financially deprived people, and the unrestrained amount of funds that were channeled to Rome. Martin Luther made a wise choice of breaking away from the Catholic Church to promote ending the selling of indulgences. ... Martin Luther made the right choice of breaking away from the Catholic Church because poor people appeared to be left out and had a small chanc...

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What were Martin Luthers Criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church? ... Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a German theologian who dared to challenge the Roman Catholic Church and consequently had a massive impact on Europe in the 16th Century. ... Martin Luther went into the religious life due to the fact that he felt he would never earn his eternal salvation. ... On october 31, Martin Luther nailed upon the door of Castle Church in Wittenburg, Germany, his 95 statements or proofs of church corruption. ... Luther had no intention on backing down however. ...

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As the result of a personal religious struggle, a German Augustinian friar, Martin Luther, launched the Protestant reformation of the sixteenth century. ... Martin Luther was lucky in the sense that he happened to be at the right place at the right time. ... Martin Luther was a religious radical in the sense that his main goal was to reform the church, and he was going to use any means necessary to accomplish his goal. ... Luther himself was a peasant. ... The revolting crowds would yell slogans from Luther's works, those that expected Luther's support with soon disillusioned. ...

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This letter was written by a man who was sick and tired of seeing African Americans becoming acquired to feeling like their nobodies or outsiders in a world where the phrase "all men are created equal" was being preached everyday. For over 350 years African Americans have been denied there constitu...

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Since October 31, 1517, Martin Luther has been the object of much scrutiny and controversy. ... However grave these accusations have been, none have been as extreme as the debate of Martin Luther as a Reformer as opposed to a Revolutionary. ... All conclusive evidence supports that Martin Luther, as far as issues of the 95 Theses are concerned, was both a Reformer and a Revolutionary. ... (Luther, 533) There is no question that by all definitions of both words, Martin Luther was both a Reformer and a Revolutionary. ... If there ever was a man of great achievements, Martin Luther was the ...

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Two prominent religious leaders of this period were Martin Luther of Germany and Henry VIII of France. ... Martin Luther appealed to the German princes to implement his ideas. ... Henry completely crippled the pope in England, as Luther had in Germany. However, despite the two similarities between Luther and Henry, they had different motives – Luther's was religious and Henry's was political. ... Luther started his reform for religious reasons. ...

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All Puritans in that era were not completely in approving union with the decisions of a few men, named Martin Luther and John Calvin. ... (http://www.wncc.edu) Martin Luther and John Calvin were responsible for initiating the revolt against Christian ideals. John Calvin's principles were adopted from Luther's and later were improved to his own ethics. ... As a result, the English later began to settle on Lutheranism, or the Protestant branches that are in loyalty to the insight of Luther, in this case the Protestants. ...

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Martin Luther refuted this widespread sale of indulgences against the popes and church by declaring his "Ninety-Five These." ... For instance, when Martin Luther was excommunicated, his ruler, Elector Frederick of Saxony hided and protected him. ... On the other hand, Luther also helped the rulers. When the Peasant's War broke out in Germany, the peasants looked Luther for support, but he supported the rulers. ...

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Martin Luther King Junior's "Letter From Birmingham Jail" is an argument centered toward eight clergymen. ... Doctor Martin Luther King Junior leaped into the proverbial lion's den of the civil rights movement in the 1960's and found himself under attack not only by white supremacists, but also by the white moderate. ...

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Even though Martin Luther only wanted to make corrections in Faith, a separation occurred in the Christian Church. ... As a German monk who struggled with the Church's traditional beliefs, Martin Luther was the first reformer of the Protestant Reformation. Luther doubted the actions of the Catholic Church (Doc 1). ... As a result of the hawking of indulgences, Luther posts his 95 theses. ... Myconius claimed Luther's ideas were to be followed by Christians. ...

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Another source of revenue, papal indulgences, would lead to the reformer Martin Luther beginning his campaign against the Latin church. ... Martin Luther saw this and wanted changes. ... Luther was against their fund razing practices, the pope, many of their practices, and believes and the Catholic priesthood. With the "95 Theses", written in 1517, Luther listed all the wrongs he felt the Church was guilty of. ... By the 1600's they were made up of several churches led by reformers like Martin Luther and John Wiclif. ...

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Next, a strong Catholic man named Martin Luther began to call for reform of the church. ... Luther's teachings and actions began the Reformation. Naturally, the church defended itself against Luther. ... Although, one prince brought Luther in and helped him out. ...

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In1517, when Reformation had become a serious issue under the leadership of German Theologian Martin Luther, Erasmus's intellectual life took a new turn. ... He also wrote De Libero Arbitrio (On the Freedom of the Will, 1524), in which he made a splendid attack on Martin Luther. A counterattack by Luther produced his last argument Hyperaspistes (1526). ... He was not a religious reformer, like Martin Luther nor was he enthusiastic to participate in theological discussions. ...

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Martin Luther made several individual contributions to the development of Christianity, including initiating the Protestant Reformation. Although Luther conducted these acts hundreds of years after Paul's existence, Paul's teachings had an enormous impact on Luther's work. Luther adopted the concept of justification by faith from the teachings of Paul. ... Paul states, "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one who believeth" (Romans 1:16), proving Luther adopted his ideas from Paul's theology. The continu...

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Lutherans were deeply influenced by a man named Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) who was the founder of the church. ... This would be due to Martin Luther's learning experience using the bible as a tool to learn about a God of love, forgiveness and grace. I see that a religion with a mans teachings, is giving what he learnt and believes to his followers and themselves are not learning for their own knowledge, they are just using Martin Luther's teachings. ... The only difference is Martin Luther having a deep impact on the religion. ...

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Martin Luther was a big challenge and also a catalyst to the the criticisms the church had received. Luther challenged the doctrine of apostolic succession/papal authority, which meant the pope and a hierarchy was not required as the laity was equal (made in the image and likeness of God), he rejected the legitimacy of 5/7 sacraments to which he only accepted baptism and the Eucharist as they were the only ones present in the scriptures, he also believed salvation was obtained by faith alone (Sola Fide) which could be gained through prayer and bible study as they learned and loved God through ...

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Most reformers understood that these were symbols but not the actual flesh and blood of Christ.10 Martin Luther, one of the major influences of the Reformation, and a protester against abuses in the area of indulgences and Mass stipends,11 claimant that Christ is present only at the moment of the consecration, when the Passion is preached and commemorated, and at the moment of communion, when the death of the Lord is proclaimed and commemorated.12 Luther said that "transubstantiation" was an invention of Aquinas without the basis of the scripture, and he rejected at the teaching that...

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The Reformation officially began in 1517 when Martin Luther challenged the Roman Church on the matter of Indulgences. While Luther had no idea of the impact this would make on the German society and the world, this event changed the course of history. ... For all practical purposes Martin Luther stabilized the German language. ...

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The freedom that should have risen from Martin Luther's teachings ended in massacre for peasants and confusion among either religious side in conflict (Backman, p. 399). ... Most applicable to my life were the 95 Theses (Backman, p. 395), and published letters between Luther and Erasmus. ... Look back to the German Peasant's revolt, read the Twelve Articles of the Swabians Peasants, the lamentings of those in uprising of Godliness by faith in Martin Luther's teachings and the blood bath that ensued from both Catholics and Protestant sides, not much has changed despite the Coun...

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The main leader was Martin Luther and it began in Germany. The ideas of Luther spread to a wide variety of people, and eventually moved across Europe. ... Ironically, the princes also supported Luther though. ...

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But a man named Martin Luther made the 95 theses that revolutionized the mindset of the European majority. Luther had changed the Bible to German for everyone can understand the meaning of Christianity. ...

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The Renaissance was a rebirth of European interest of classical knowledge, art, and though. Art helped reflect and show the luxuries of living in Venice at the time. Artists like Leonardo da Vinci, who was considered to be a renaissance man, was able to show people he potential in math and engineeri...

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Augustine focuses mainly on the Christian sovereign God of grace as well as the sovereign grace of God. This book truly is a "confession" of a man who realizes the filth of the human race and who knows what a disgrace we are to our creator. These first three books of Augustine's confessions delve ...

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