Martin Luther's Influence On Religion

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Lily Fluharty
World History Per.6
9/18/15
Martin Luther Essay

Many people do not realize how much they take for granted freedom of speech and religious beliefs. In the sixteenth century, speaking of different beliefs that the church had was greatly frowned upon and sometime people would be restricted from certain rights in the religious community. Martin Luther did not care about these punishments if that meant spreading the real word of God and standing up for what he believed.
Martin Luther became a devoted monk after being caught in a storm and praying that if God would spare him his life, he would run away to become a monk, even though it meant disappointing his father greatly. During the sixteenth century, 1505, he had a hard time feeling like he deserved God's salvation, until he was given the opportunity to travel to Rome for a church conference. Although he left the conference feeling more diluted about God's word than he did before. When Luther arrived back in Germany he enrolled in a university, Luther excelled in studies and later became a professor in theology. With countless hours of studying scripture, he finally was able to have …show more content…

In 1515 Luther realized that the way to receive salvation was to be enslaved by religious principle, but to have faith, and faith alone would bring salvation. In 1517 when Pope Leo, came up with a theory that the only way to make it to heaven was to buy lenience, Luther was furious. Luther came up ninety five statement as to why the pope was wrong. The church took this as defiance and tried to make Luther reclaim his statements. Although Luther refused until proven wrong by scripture, this happened to him multiple times. In 1521, Luther became excommunicated from the roman church, and was declared a convicted heretic. Luther was important because he inspired people to stand up for the things they believe in, even if it is against

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