Martin Luther Biography

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Martin Luther started in studying Philosophy and law. With him learning philosophy, this would cause him to think deeply about anything around him. In addition, with him studying law this will give the education and backbone to go against certain standards in the most courteous of ways without being repugnant. In the summer of 1505, while he was returning home from school he had been engulfed in a storm. “As a bolt of lightning struck far from where he stood in terror, the young student cried out to the patron saint of travelers, ‘Help me, Saint Anne, I will be a monk (Merriman 100).’” It was this revelation that caused him to seek some other purpose in his life. Though everything that he will learn in becoming a monk and later a priest. He gets weary of his self-worthiness and the actions of the Roman Church. With his scholarly background, Martin Luther vents on his thoughts. Martin Luther had no intentions on leaving the Catholic Church. Luther wanted the Augustinians to see the truths he quoted from the Bible and to make some changes to better the church.

Luther had doubts of his own “personal unworthiness (Merriman100)”. He thought a lot about sin. He did not know if he was a sinner his self at times. He did everything right that he was suppose to, but he still would feel like he may have sinned unknowingly. Moreover, even the repentance of his sins would be denounced. “…Yet my conscientious kept telling me: ‘You fell short there.’ ‘You were not sorry enough.’ ‘You left that sin off your list (Merriman 101).” With Luther having studied philosophy and constantly studying and teaching the bible he was in a whirlwind. Luther could not seem to come up with no answers, but one conclusion. He came up with that; faith not good wor...

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Luther was driven away from the Church for formulating an opinion and speaking on it. He too was a priest and gained no respect from his cohorts. He was banned from the Roman Catholic Church. He was not going to just stop believing, he still wanted to practice his faith. Since no one of the Catholic Church wanted to hear is concerns or try to see any reasoning in the 95 Theses, he practiced religion the way he considered true Christianity. This satisfied Luther, he was going about religion based on his faith alone to bring him closer with god.

Works Cited

Bentley, Jerry H., and Herbert F. Ziegler. "Chapter 23." Traditions & Encounters: a Global Perspective on the past. Fifth ed. Vol. 2. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2011. 493-94. Print.

Merriman, John M. "The Two Reformations." A History of Modern Europe. Vol. 1. New York: W.W. Norton, 1996. 100-02. Print.

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