1. MARTIN LUTHER
“You are not only responsible for
what you say, but for what you do
not say.”
“Every thing done in the
world is done by hope.”
By: Nicole Stitt

2. BACKGROUND
• Born November 10th 1483 in Eislelben, Germany (known as Germany today.)
• Moved to Mansfield shortly after born so his father could become a miner.
• Started school around 7.
• We to a university at 14.
• Was going to become a lawyer
• Thunderstorm experience helped him become a man of the cloth
• Prayed to Saint Anna
• Ninety-Five Theses, started reformation
• Martin exiled and excommunicated from church

3. CONTRIBUTIONS
• Wrote “To the Councilmen of All Cities in Germany that They Establish and
Maintain Christian Schools
• A Sermon on Keeping Children In Schools
• Translated the Bible into German for the “laity” (common folk)
• Points to the Reformation
• The education of children must be religious education
• Education of a “Christian man”
• Liberal arts
• Know and glorify God in every calling
• Education isn’t catechetical nor vocational
• Catechetical: of or relating to religious instruction given to a person in
preparation for Christian baptism or confirmation
• The sanctified life of God’s people=primary goal of education

4. IMPORTANCE OF WRITINGS
1. Laid the foundation for an education system
2. Discipline and instruction, to help them with duties in life.
3. Importance of Church and State schools
• Worth of Teachers
4. Obligation of the parent’s, ministers, and civil officers, to teach the children
5. Re-organization of schools,
• Graded instruction
• Course Study
6. Education Sciences
7. Improvements in method
• Made learning fun
• Provoke skillful questioning
• Temper discipline with love
8. Relations of virtue and intelligence in education

5. PRESENT?
• Created the format for the Education System we have now
• Set curriculum
• The important role that teacher’s play
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Teach
Love
Role model
Relationships
• State vs. Church

6. REFRENCES
• Faber, Riemer. 2013. Martin Luther on Reformed Education. Reformed
Christian Resources. Retrieved from
http://www.spindleworks.com/library/rfaber/luther_edu.htm
• Hanko, R.. Christian Education A Reformation Heritage.
• Whitford, David. Martin Luther. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Retrieved from http://www.iep.utm.edu/luther/