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Martin Luther
And the 95 theses
Life of Luther
• Martin was an educated boy who went to
college to earn two degrees in law
• He was almost struck by lightening one day
and decided to leave law studies and enter the
monastery, a place where he could study the
bible and devote his life to God
Luther studies the bible
• As Luther read the bible, he began to disagree
with the teachings of the Roman Catholic
Church
– The church said that you can only win favor with
God by doing good deeds
– Luther interpreted the Bible as saying that
“salvation is a gift of God's grace, received by faith
alone and by trust in Christ's death on the cross as
the only means to that salvation."
Luther defies the Catholic Church
• Luther particularly had a problem with penance
through the sale of indulgences
– Penance is forgiveness of sins by God given by a
priest
– Indulgences were papers you could buy from the
church that gave penance
• He compiled a list of 95 things that were wrong
with the Catholic Church and nailed them to the
door.
– This list is known as the 95 theses
Excommunication
• Luther’s actions angered the church so they
excommunicated him.
– Excommunication means you are no longer part of the
church
• Years later Luther was summoned before the Diet of
Worms.
– The Diet was a general assembly of the estates of the Holy
Roman Empire that occurred in Worms, Germany.
• They ordered he be arrested, so his friends helped him
hide.
Reformation
• While in hiding, Luther worked to translate the
entire bible into Germans so more people could
read it.
• Luther’s theories about Christianity greatly
influenced the forming of other Christian groups .
• These new Christian denominations formed as
part of the Protestant Reformation and were
separate from the power of the Catholic Church.

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Protestant Reformation

  • 2. Life of Luther • Martin was an educated boy who went to college to earn two degrees in law • He was almost struck by lightening one day and decided to leave law studies and enter the monastery, a place where he could study the bible and devote his life to God
  • 3. Luther studies the bible • As Luther read the bible, he began to disagree with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church – The church said that you can only win favor with God by doing good deeds – Luther interpreted the Bible as saying that “salvation is a gift of God's grace, received by faith alone and by trust in Christ's death on the cross as the only means to that salvation."
  • 4. Luther defies the Catholic Church • Luther particularly had a problem with penance through the sale of indulgences – Penance is forgiveness of sins by God given by a priest – Indulgences were papers you could buy from the church that gave penance • He compiled a list of 95 things that were wrong with the Catholic Church and nailed them to the door. – This list is known as the 95 theses
  • 5. Excommunication • Luther’s actions angered the church so they excommunicated him. – Excommunication means you are no longer part of the church • Years later Luther was summoned before the Diet of Worms. – The Diet was a general assembly of the estates of the Holy Roman Empire that occurred in Worms, Germany. • They ordered he be arrested, so his friends helped him hide.
  • 6. Reformation • While in hiding, Luther worked to translate the entire bible into Germans so more people could read it. • Luther’s theories about Christianity greatly influenced the forming of other Christian groups . • These new Christian denominations formed as part of the Protestant Reformation and were separate from the power of the Catholic Church.