The Life of Martin Luther

1. 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546
https://www.biography.com/people/martin-luther-
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3. Portrait of Luther by German artist Cranach
Martin Luther in 1522
HansMargarethe
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ns/5/5c/Hans-Luther.jpg

4. Original home of
Luder in Möhra,
http://www.luther.de/en/geburt.html

5. Eisleben
The city Eisleben, at the time of Luther, was the most important city of Count Mansfeld's holdings.
Here Martin Luther was born on 10 Nov 1483 the son of the miner Hans Luder. The
family emigrated from Thuringian Möhra and had rented a house on Langen Gasse
(today Lutherstrasse 16) in the Petri quarter. A chamber on the courtyard side of the
ground floor served as the birth room of Martin Luther.
http://www.eisleben.eu/eisleben_website/CMSContent2014.nsf/content/homepage_buerger_sein_videos.html?
Open&lang=
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6. http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/19199960.jpg
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Eisleben
Memorial at Luther's Birth House

7. Birthplace
of Luther

8. The Luther's were poor and young Martin,
was gifted with a great voice. Many times
he literally had to sing for his supper!
Mercy Frau Ursula Cotta often shared the
family meal with him.
Luther in Latin School (before University)
in Eisenach from 1498-1501
Luther’s House, Eisnach
https://www.pinterest.com/cvdongen/drmartin-luther/http://www.reformation.org/saint-martin-luther.html
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9. 1501 Luther enters University of Erfurt
1502 Luther receives Baccalaureate degree and begins studying for his Masters
1505 Luther receives his Masters degree
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10. Luther is caught by a thunderstorm on the
way back to Erfurt from his parent's
house and is probably struck by lightning
July 2, 1505
http://www.mun.ca/rels/reform/stotternheim.html

11. Back in Erfurt he calls all his friends for a party.
Unknown to them it is a goodbye party.
He will not go with them to Law school
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_Teniers_II_-_The_Music_Party_or_Flemish_Interior_(San_Francisco).jpg
Luther

12. Augustinian
Monastery, Erfurt
1505 Luther enters the Black Monastery in Erfurt
http://augustinians.net/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=41&cntnt01returnid=51

13. “If ever there was a monk who
will make it to heaven with
monckery then I am that monk”
Due to his talents the order decided that Luther must study for the priesthood
http://creatureandcreator.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/luther-1520.jpg

14. In order to be ordained to the priesthood in 1507 Luther had to say Mass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_(liturgy)

15. Luther tried to run away, his friends had to hold him
https://sites.google.com/site/wwwtangaannaikgfcom/prayer-and-all-saints-and-jesus-and-holy-mass

16. After the Terror at the altar he turned and there was his father and
mother.
Father said:” You claim you heard the voice of the Lord in that thunderstorm. Are
you sure it was not the voice of the Devil. Scripture says ‘honor father and mother’https://drongomala.wordpress.com/category/the-arts/music/indian-music/

17. Henceforth Luther is a deeply troubled man.Could it be that he gave up everything andwas possibly following the Evil One
http://www.integralmonastery.com/2011/04/monastic-cell.html

18. Wittenberg
Rome
Luther goes to Rome 1510-11
http://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/halsall/maps/15citaly.jpg

19. Skull of
Chrysostom
http://romafelix.com/introduction.htm
Fragments of the
Cross
city of many relics

20. The Holy Stairs
- the stairs believed
to have been climbed
by Jesus at the home
of Pontius Pilate and
moved to Rome - now
at St John Lateran
Basilica
http://www.piercedhearts.org/treasures/re
lics/scala_sancta.htm

21. Luther returns from
Rome to
Wittenberg, 1511
Town Hall and City Church, Wittenberg.
Wittenberg with Castle church tower in background
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22. Luther in the Monastery in Wittenberg
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pg

23. Luther’s torments
are now greater
then ever.
He needed help!
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24. http://www.domquartier.at/news/johann-von-staupitz/
“If it had not been for Dr. Staupitz, I
would have sunk in hell.”
Luther’s wise and godly superior, Johannes von
Staupitz recognized in Martin Luther great
intellectual talents and helped him to channel
his energies away from excessive introspection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_von_Staupit
z

25. After six hours of
confessing
I forgot a sin. I
can not escape
punishment!
The Confessional
does not work
http://sites.nd.edu/oblation/files/2011/07/confession-Giuseppe-Maria-
Crespi.jpg

26. His decisive religious enlightenment
came during his study of the Letter
to the Romans (1515-16) during
which time he realized that people
receive justice through the grace of
God, not through good works:
"For in it the righteousness
of God is revealed through
faith for faith; as it is
written, "The one who is
righteous will live by faith."
(Romans 1:17)
http://www.reformation.org/luther.html

27. Indulgence letter
Albrecht von Brandenburg,
Archbishop of Mainz
Indulgence Sale
Cardinal Albrecht of Mainz
by Albrecht Dürer
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer_-
_Cardinal_Albrecht_of_Brandenburg_(Large_Cardinal).jpg

28. John Tetzel Selling Indulgences.
Copy of the infamous Indulgence by Tetzel
"As soon as the coin in the
coffer rings, the soul from
purgatory springs"
http://michelangeloerasmus.weebly.com/tetzel.ht
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http://skepticism.org/timeline/august-history/7839-
death-johann-tetzel-german-dominican-preacher-
indulgences.html
https://martinlutherreformation.wikispaces.com/Martin+Luther+Reformatio

29. Luther
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John Tetzel Selling Indulgences.

30. Luther’s Response:
Posting of 95 Theses, Oct.31, 1517 on Castle Church Door
Propositions dealing with indulgences,
basis for a proposed academic disputation.
http://beggarsallreformation.blogspot.com/2011/10/95-theses-nailed-to-church-door-
or.html

31. 95 Theses
Wittenberg, Castle Church. Castle
Church Door with 95 Theses

32. LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER (German, 1472-1553)
Martin Luther Preaching, ca. 1539
Martin Luther
Preaching his
Biblical
Discoveries.
“The just shall
live by faith”. Luther preaching by Schnorr
Indulgences do not work!
http://graceontap-podcast.com/tag/cranach/
http://www.wikiwand.com/es/Oratoria_sagrada

33. http://mapio.net/o/678371/
were Martin Luther Preached
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Schlosskirche (Castle Church)
Stadtkirche (City Church)

34. Now they went on the attack
http://reformation500.csl.edu/files/2012/01/Cajetan-e1329022646670.jpg
Luther and Cajetan
by Ferdinand Pauwels, 1872
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/
entry/Cardinal_Cajetan

35. http://www.intrepidlutherans.com/2015/06/

36. Pope Leo X
issues bull of
excommunication
against Luther.
He has 60 days
to recant. 1520
Arise,
O
Lord,..
“a
wild
boar…
seeks
to
destroy
(the
Church)”
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?49583-the-painter-
Raphael

37. Luther Burning Papal Bull
http://www.new-generation-hh.de/2016/12/die-zeit-der-reformation-2/

38. On the Babylonian
Captivity of the Church,
Wittenberg, 1520.
This pamphlet, with Martin
Luther's portrait, first appeared in
Latin and was directed against the
sacramental system.
Of the seven sacraments, Luther
considered only baptism and
communion, and to some degree,
confession, sacraments of Christ.
http://reformation500.csl.edu/timeline/prelude-on-the-babylonian-captivity-of-the-church/
The priests administer seven
sacraments which impart “saving
grace” . Without the sacraments
the power of the Church is gone.

39. Decet Romanum Pontificem
(English: It Pleases the
Roman Pontiff)
January 3, 1521,

40. Before the Emperor and Diet:Before the Emperor and Diet:
Luther at Worms: 1521Luther at Worms: 1521
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41. Luther at WormsLuther at Worms
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_of_Worm
s#/media/File:Luther-in-Worms-auf-Rt.jpg

42. Luther's Appearance at the Imperial Diet
• Luther's books were placed on a table. He was then
asked if they were his works and whether he wanted
to recant.
• Luther requested time to think over his reply and the
next day he answered:
• "Unless I am convinced by Scripture and plain
reason - I do not accept the authority of the
popes and councils, for they have contradicted
each other - my conscience is captive to the Word
of God. I cannot and I will not recant anything for
to go against conscience is neither right nor safe.
God help me. Amen."
•

43. Charles V ban of Martin Luther
Charles V
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44. Luther carried off to the Wartburg
Luther saved by Frederick the Wise,
Elector of Saxony.
As Luther travelled back to Wittenberg, armed
horsemen came out of the forest, dragged Luther
from his wagon and took him to the Wartburg
Castle. The kidnapping had been arranged by
Prince Frederick in order to preserve Luther’s life.
Despite the Emperor’s decree that anyone helping
Luther was subject to the loss of life and property,
Frederick risked his throne and life to protect his
pastor and professor.
https://alchetron.com/Frederick-III,-
Elector-of-Saxony-1057171-W#demo
http://www.reformation.org/saint-martin-
luther.htmlhttp://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-
81483472662466_2189_449547

46. Luther's study on the Wartburg
http://www.wartburg.de/de/die-
wartburg/kunstsammlung.html
http://www.trinitylutheranms.org/MartinLuther/Gallery/GalleryPage4.html

47. Fight with the devil and throwing of ink well, Wartburg
http://beggarsallreformation.blogspot.com/2011/10/luther-satan-and-inkwell.html

48. In Luther’s absence on the Wartburg, Andreas Karlstadt and others
instituted revolutionary changes, such as removal of images from the
churches, the suppression of masses, and the abolition of the law of
celibacy. These changes led to growing social unrest.
Revolutionary changes in Wittenberg duringRevolutionary changes in Wittenberg during
Luther's absence on the WartburgLuther's absence on the Wartburg
http://www.wga.hu/tours/german/iconocla.html

49. Luther returned to
Wittenberg, and in 8 days
of intensive preaching,
renounced many of
Karlstadt’s innovations,
stopped the rioting
which threatened the
reformation and
overshadowed justification
by faith and the the
Gospel.
http://www.akg-images.com/archive/Luther-Preaching-from-
the-Pulpit-2UMDHUFK8R7Q.html

54. http://www.hellenicaworld.com/Art/Paintings/en/Part5332.html

55. http://gloriadeilutheranchurch.org/sermons-3/

56. All Praise to Thee, Eternal God
Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands
Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice
Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice (German)
Flung to the Heedless Winds
From Depths of Woe I Cry to Thee
From Depths of Woe I Cry to Thee (German)
From Heaven Above (German)
From Heaven Above (English)
If God Had Not Been on Our Side
If God Had Not Been on Our Side (German)
In Peace and Joy I Now Depart
In the Midst of Earthly Life (German)
Isaiah, Mighty Seer, in Days of Old
Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Your Word
Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Your Word (German)
May God Bestow on Us His Grace
May God Bestow on Us His Grace (German)
A Mighty Fortress (In German)
A Mighty Fortress (In English): American Lutheran Version
A Mighty Fortress (In English): Frederick H. Hedge version
O Lord, Look Down from Heaven, Behold
O Lord, Look Down from Heaven, Behold (German)
O Lord, We Praise Thee
O Lord, We Praise Thee (German)
Our Father, Thou in Heaven Above
Our Father, Thou in Heaven Above (German)
Savior of the Nations, Come
Savior of the Nations, Come (German)
That Man a Godly Life Might Live (German)
Thou Who Art Three in Unity
We All Believe in One True God
We All Believe in One True God (German)
We Now Implore God the Holy Ghost
We Now Implore God the Holy Ghost (German)
A mighty fortress is our God, A
bulwark never failing; Our helper He,
amid the flood Of mortal ills
prevailing, For still our ancient foe
Doth seek to work us woe; his craft
and power are great, And, armed
with cruel hate, On earth is not his
equal.
Did we in our own strength confide,
our striving would be losing,
Were not the right Man on our side,
The man of God's own choosing. Dost
ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it
is He; Lord Sabaoth is His name,
From age to age the same. And He
MUST win the battle.
And though this world, with devils
filled, Should threaten to undo us We
will not fear, for God hath willed His
Truth to triumph through us. The
prince of Darkness grim, We tremble
not for him; his rage we can endure.
For lo! his doom is sure, One little
Word shall fell him.
That Word above all earthly powers -
No thanks to them abideth;
The Spirit and the gifts are ours,
Through Him who with us sideth.
Let goods and kindred go, This mortal
life also; The body they may kill;
God's Truth abideth still. His kingdom
is forever Amen!!
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e:Ein%27_Feste_Burg.ogg

57. http://saintlaika.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/04luthe1.jpg
The Monk and Nun met and married

58. http://www.canadianlutheran.ca/woman-of-faith-katie-luther-reformers-
wife/
Luther’s Marriage to nun Katharina von Bora, 1525

59. http://www.mibamu.org/mibamu/einleitung.php
Luther musiziert mit seiner Familie (Gemä lde von Gustav Adolph Spangenberg, 1866. Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Inventarnr. I.
234)
http://www.canadianlutheran.ca/wp-
content/uploads/2010/10/lutherandfamily.jpg
Luther’s Family.
Luther, the Family Man

60. http://www.akg-images.de/archive/Luthers-Familie--Ein-Standchen-fur-Katharina-von-Bora-2UMDHUK8GCW.html
Luther’s Family.
Luther, the Family Man

61. “My Katie is in all things so obliging and
pleasing to me that I would not exchange
my poverty for the riches of Croesus.”
Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder (c. 1530).
http://www.canadianlutheran.ca/woman-of-
faith-katie-luther-reformers-wife/
The former monk and nun were happily
married for 21 years. They modeled
Protestant marriage and replaced the long-
held belief that celibacy was the ideal
state.

62. http://www.sacred-destinations.com/germany/wittenberg-luther-
house/photos/xti_8579p
The Luther family living room, where
the conversations recorded by students
in "Table Talk" (starting in 1531) took
place.
http://voiceofkatie.blogspot.com/

63. "The observance of the seventh day was being revived in Luther's time by
Carlstadt" (Dr. White, Bishop of Ely ,Treatise of the Sabbath, page 8).
"Carlstadt held to the Divine authority of the Sabbath from the Old Testament.“
Sears' Life of Luther, page 402
''Indeed, if Carlstadt were to write further about the
Sabbath, Sunday would have to give way, and the Sabbath—
that is to say, Saturday—must be kept holy.“ Luther, Against the Celestial
Prophets, quoted in “Life of Martin Luther in Pictures,” page 147.
http://www.yashanet.com/library/reformf.htm
http://beggarsallreformation.blogspot.com/2013/01/sdas-using-karlstadt-and-luther-to.html
Carlstadt
http://www.yashanet.com/library/reformf.htm

64. However, this, I say, is not so restricted to any time, as with the Jews, that it must
be just on this or that day; for in itself no one day is better than another; but this
should indeed be done daily; however, since the masses cannot give such
attendance, there must be at least one day in the week set apart.
But since from of old Sunday [the Lord's Day] has been appointed
for this purpose, we also should continue the same, in order that
everything be done in harmonious order, and no one create
disorder by unnecessary innovation.
Martin Luther, The Large Catechism
The Third Commandment.
Thou shalt sanctify the holy day. [Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.]
The Small Catechism of Martin Luther
C. The Third Commandment
You must keep the Sabbath holy.
Q. What does this mean?
We must fear and love God, so that we will not look down on
preaching or God's Word, but consider it holy, listen to it willingly,
and learn it.

65. Agreement on 14 out of 15
issues, but not on the Last
Supper
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dc.org/sub_image.cfm?image_id=3323
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67. Luther did not like the bigamy of
Philip of Hesse but did not stop it
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title=Philipp_I,_Landgrave_of_Hesse_(1504-1567)
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1523 marriage to the unattractive
and sickly Christine of Saxony
1540 married Margarethe von
der Saale.

68. German Peasants'
War, 1525
Martin Luther (1525). Against the
Murderous,
Thieving Hordes of Peasants.“Therefore let everyone who can, smite,
slay, and stab, secretly or openly,
remembering that nothing can be more
poisonous, hurtful, or devilish than a
rebel ...”
Against the Murderous,
Thieving Hordes of
Peasants.
https://www.granger.com/results.asp?
image=0371254&itemw=4&itemf=0003&itemste
https://www.superstock.com/stock-photos-images/4430-9964

69. On the Jews and Their Lies by Martin Luther
Luther argued that the Jews were
no longer the chosen people but
"the devil's people": he referred
to them with violent, vile language.[
Luther advocated setting
synagogues on fire, destroying
Jewish prayer books, forbidding
rabbis from preaching, seizing
Jews' property and money, and
smashing up their homes, so that
these "poisonous envenomed worms"
would be forced into labour or
expelled "for all time"
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_und_die_Juden#/media/File:1543
_On_the_Jews_and_Their_Lies_by_Martin_Luther.jpg

70. In his later years, Luther's health deteriorated badly and his writings
became coarse and vitriolic. His Against the Papacy at Rome Founded
by the Devil of 1545 is especially vulgar
What God thinks of the papacy
From the mid-1530s on, Luther suffered from gout,
headaches, high blood pressure, heart issues (angina), poor
circulation, hemorrhoids, and kidney stones, not to mention
the Anfechtungen (assaults of the devil, depression etc)
Against the Papacy of Rome
created by the Devil
https://themonsterofravenna.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/clip_image0021.
jpg
https://streetsofsalem.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/infinite-jest-pope-as-
devil.jpg

71. Martin Luther told Lucas Cranach to illustrate Luther’s Against the
Papacy at Rome, Founded by the Devil (March 1545). Luther told
him what to depict. “The cartoon shows the Pope and three cardinals
being expelled from the anus of a female devil while three furies are
nursing and caring for three infant popes . . .
a graphic echo of Luther's assertion in his treatise that the pope
had been born from the devil's behind."
Pope Alexander VI
by Martin Luther,
1545
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g
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72. Pope Leo X Dr. Eck
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73. Language and Lack of Control of the Tongue
Luther described Catholics as "the devil's whore-church" (Grisar, IV,
288) who "stuff our mouths with horse-dung" (Grisar, IV, 321)
Luther's typical descriptions of various Catholics:
Crowned donkey, abandoned, senseless man, excrement of hogs and
asses, impudent royal windbag, arrant fool. (Grisar, IV, 302; describing
King Henry VIII)
Liar, mad bloodhound, murderer, traitor, assassin of souls, arch-knave,
dirty pig and devil's child, nay, the devil himself.
(Grisar, IV, 302; describing Joachim I, Elector of Brandenburg)
Mad, bloodthirsty murderer, a blind and hardened donkey, who ought to
be put to scratch for dung-beetles in the manure-heaps of the Papists.
(Grisar, IV, 302; describing Hoogstraaten, a Cologne Dominican)
List of Luther's crude statements: http://ergofabulous.org/luther/insult-list.php

74. Eisleben
House where Luther died
18 February 1546
Bed where Luther died
Melanchthon wrote: “Dead is the charioteer of Israel,
who has led the church in these last times
http://canadafirst.nfshost.com/our_heritage-luther-index.html
http://www.harz-online.de/ridh/eisleben/

75. Room in which Luther died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther#/media/File:Luthers_Sterbehaus_Eisleben.jpg

76. Luther's tombstone in the Castle Church in
Wittenberg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther#/media/File:Luthertombstoneunderal
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe
dia/commons/c/cf/Luthergrab-
WB.jpg
Funeral Sermon