AND THE NINETY-FIVE THES question : How did the printing press influence the spread of Martin Luther's ideas? The nntim Macti lifters inflined H Spe Question 2: What happened to Martin Luther after he presented his Ninety-Five Theses? Question 3: How were Martin Luther's teachings different from Catholic Church's teachings?
AND THE NINETY-FIVE THES question : How did the printing press influence the spread of Martin Luther's ideas? The nntim Macti lifters inflined H Spe Question 2: What happened to Martin Luther after he presented his Ninety-Five Theses? Question 3: How were Martin Luther's teachings different from Catholic Church's teachings?
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MARTIN LUTHER
|AND THE NINETY-FIVE THESES
-Martin Luther was a German leader of the Protestant Reformation during Its peak in the
1500's. He Is largely credited for the Reformation Itself due to his new Ideas that he brought
forth. In 1517, Martin Luther was an ordalned prlest In the Church, but he was unhappy with
the teachings and practices. As a result, he wrote the Ninety-FIve Theses The Theses were a
lst of ninety-flve complaints about the Catholic Church and contalned Ideas on the Blble
and how It should be the maln source of rellglous truth. He described one's fatth in Christ ds
the only way to salvation, and that clergy were not needed to Interpret the Biblerk
On October 31, 1517, LUther shared his complalnts first In Wittenberg, Germany. The
printing press, a new Invention, had a huge Influence on the distributlon of Luther's message
because people could read hls complalnts all across Germany. His Ideas were franslated Into
differentlanguages and clrculated throughout Germany and Europe in a matter of months.
However, Luther's novel Ideas angered the Church, specifically priests. The current pope of
the fime, Pope Leo X, called him a "heretic." Infurlated, Pope Leo X excommunicated Luther,
ordering him to leave Germany. Luther therefore went in to hiding for more than a year.
Luther's seemingly radical Ideas led to the split of the Roman Catholic Church and triggered.
the Protestant Reformation. Followers of Luther's message were primarlly called Preotestants
because they were protesting Cathollc practices. They were later calledLutherans
Luther's teachings were a departure
from what was taught In the Cathollc
Church at the fime. He belleved that
everyone could have a direct relationship
with God. He also belleved that the
church
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people should think for themselves and
should have the ablty to create church
pollcles, as well as profit from thelr
buslnesses.
In response, leaders of the Cathollc
Church eventually began to work on
reforming their practice and spreading the
new teachings. They reallized that many
people were upset with the pollcles and
with the clergy, Overall, Reformers were
simply Interested In restoring people's falth
In the Cathollc religion, but with the
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AND THE NINETY-FIVE THESES
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MARTIN LUTHER
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Question 2: What happened to Martin Luther after he presented his
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Question 3: How were Martin Luther's teachings different from
Catholic Church's teachings?
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