Contributions Of Martin Luther

Among many great figures of the sixteenth century, Martin Luther is still viewed as one of the most influential and controversial. Born to Hans and Margarethe Luther in Eisleben, Saxony, modern southeast Germany, Martin Luther was baptized as a Catholic. His father worked diligently as a miner and ore smelter while his mother was a harsh disciplinarian to Martin and his two siblings. Although Margarette and Han were peasant descendants, they had high hopes for their first son, Martin Luther, and were determined to ensure that their son would become very successful in life. Han longed for Martin Luther to become a lawyer to better his chances of increasing his social standing in the future. He was eventually transported to Mansfeld in the late fifteenth century. During his stay, he attended a Latin school where he learned about the Latin language and biblical topics such as the Lord's Prayer,

After Luther received his doctorate degree in theology, he spent the remainder of his career at the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Luther had a healthy relationship with the Roman Catholic Church and did not set out to cause have any tension with Rome. Pope Leo X, ruler of the Florentine Republic, introduced a fresh idea of indulgences in the late sixteenth century. The Pope’s ultimate goal was to provide assistance for St. Peter’s Basilica. Luther was disappointed with a few practices of the Roman Catholic Church and was convinced that the church’s ways were corrupt. Nevertheless, Luther upset many people with his Ninety-Five Theses, which was a list of propositions and questions, mostly concerning the nature of penance and indulgence abuse, that were up for public debate. Nailing the Ninety- Five Theses to the door of Wittenberg Castle Church, Martin Luther made his contentions open to everyone and started a religious transformation that came to be known as the Protestant