1.Martin Luther was born in Saxony in Germany in 1483. His father wanted him to be a Lawyer and he studied law at the Erfurt University
2.He got caught in a storm and he promised God that if he survived he would become an monk and this he did as he studied and became an Augustinian Monk 3.While studying the Bible, Luther found that he believed that a lot of the catholic churches teachings were wrong, for example they believe that a mixture of faith and good works would get you into heaven whereas Luther believed faith alone would get you into heaven. This was known as Justification by faith alone 4. Catholics believed in seven sacraments For example Luther believed that there were only two sacraments (Baptism & Eucharist) 5.At this time Pope Leo X was collecting Indulgences (money) to pay for the rebuilding of St. peter’s Basilica in Rome. He sent the friar John Tetzel to sell indulgences around Wittenberg. Luther disagreed with this and nailed 95 Theses (arguments) against this to the church door in Wittenberg. 6.The Pope was furious and sent Luther a Papal Bull (Letter) telling Luther to take back his teachings within 60 days or he would be excommunicated (Expelled) from the Church 7.Luther responded by publicly burning the Papal Bull 8.The Pope instructed the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V to deal with Luther, so he invited Luther to the Diet of Worms (Meeting of German Princes) to explain his teachings 9. At the Diet Luther would not take back his beliefs and so was condemned as a Heretic and an outlaw by the Edict of Worms, which meant anyone could kill him without being arrested 10.Luther was protected by Frederick of Saxony and while staying in his castle he translated the Bible into German (VERNACULAR LANGUAGE) and he laid out his beliefs in a his book Confessions of Augsburg 11.His religion became known as Lutheranism or Protestantism and his followers included princes who believed they should have more power and control, and also people fed up of the church abuses 12. Lutheranism spread rapidly throughout Europe, especially Scandinavia
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