...Reformation In Eisleben of Saxony, just a little over 3,000 in population, a young couple named Hans and Margaret Luder would have their first child. Being named after the Feast of St. Martin, on the tenth day of November 1483, their boy would be named Martin Luther. Being born between eleven and midnight, he was to be baptized the next day at the church of St. Peter. At six months old, his parents, in need of mining business, would move to Mansfeld, approximately six miles away. Eisleben was too crowded, and Mansfeld was developed around mining and his father was a coal miner. After a few years of coal mining in Mansfeld, Hans became a new owner of two smelting furnaces. He was later elected to take part in being a member of the town council. At the age of five, the Luthers had enough money to send Martin to the village schoolmaster in Mansfeld, attending till he was thirteen years of age. Martin, being the eldest of three and first to go to school, he would learn to read, write and Latin. He would be punished for being the slowest in the morning. Luther would never forget being beat, and having to wear a dunce cap, and being called an ass for the rest of the day. “The schoolmasters in my day, were tyrants and executioners; the schools were jails and hell! And, in spite of fear and misery, floggings and trembling, nothing was learned,” Luther remarked. At the age of fourteen, he was sent to the neighboring town of Madgeberg, for another year of Latin teachings. ...
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...Many historic events took place by themselves, they were the result of improving the human mind, and not dependent on specific individuals. Many of them may have been accidental. In my opinion, to evaluate the significance of such phenomena is difficult, because they are too much influenced by subjective factors. In my opinion, is much more important to understand the role of personality in history. Often, one person can change an entire era, and even humanity as a whole. So my choice fell on the three great men, totally different, but made a huge contribution to the history of Western civilization and the world. This is great theologian, commander and politician. Martin Luther, Alexander the Great and Winston Churchill. Martin Luther (November 10, 1483 - February 18, 1546) - Christian theologian, the initiator of the Reformation, the translator of the Bible into German. His name is one very important in Protestantism. Martin Luther was the son of Hans Luther (1459-1530) - a farmer who moved to Eisleben (Saxony) in the hope of a better life. There he changed his profession, having been engaged in mining in the copper mines. After the birth of Martin, family moved to the mountain town Mansfeld, where his father became a prosperous burgher. In 1501, by decision of the parents Luther entered the University of Erfurt. In 1505, against the wishes of his father he entered the Augustinian monastery in Erfurt. Luther took his monastic vows in 1506 and in 1507 was ordained a priest...
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...Martin Luther and the Ninety Five Theses Outline I. Introduction II. Who was Martin Luther? III. Martin Luther Calls for Reformation IV. A Short synopsis of the Ninety Five Theses V. Result of the Theses VI. Sources Consulted Introduction Martin Luther was the first person to translate and publish the Bible in the commonly-spoken dialect of the German people. Luther's hymns sparked the development of congregational singing in Christianity. His marriage, on June 13, 1525, to Katharina von Bora, a former nun, began the tradition of clerical marriage within several Christian traditions. Martin Luther was one of the most influential and compelling figures of Church history. Some of the most fundamental tenets of the Catholic Church were called into question by Luther, and lead to the greatest religious revolt in Church history, now known as the Protestant Reformation. Who Was Martin Luther? Martin Luther was born to Hans and Margaretta Luther on November 10, 1483 in Eisleben, Germany. He was baptized on the feast day of St. Martin of Tours, for whom he was named. Martin’s childhood was one of abuse and uncompromising cruelty, “His father once beat him so mercilessly that he ran away from home …His mother, "on account of an insignificant nut, beat me till the blood flowed, and it was this harshness and severity of the life I led with them that forced me subsequently to run away to a monastery and become a monk." His...
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