Similarities Between Martin Luther And King Henry Viii

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Similarities and Differences:
Martin Luther and King Henry VIII

At first glance, the lives between Martin Luther and King Henry VIII may not seem interlocked. Bring in the Protestant Reformation, and you see how they shared many similarities, and alongside that, differences. To begin with, both shared a big role in the Protestant Reformation. The two desired to, in some way, change the Roman Catholic Church, albeit with different underlying motives. Luther, in 1517 wrote and nailed 95 theses to the door of the castle church in Wittenberg, Germany in opposition of the selling of indulgences. A Christian monk himself, he held no hostility in his actions, and only hoped to restore the church to what it once was. This wasn’t the case for the

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