2006-08-11 15:18:17 · 14 answers · asked by iceyq88 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Could well be...but there's also a German named "Martin Luther" who was a religious hero.
2006-08-11 15:20:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The answer is no, and I think it's an honest mistake.
There are two things which could have led to this confusion.
1. Martin Luther, the founder of the Lutheran religion, has many statues in Germany.
2. The Martin Luther King Jr. Institute has its webpage in German. (Link is provided below.) If you check the address carefully, then you will see it actually points to Tuscaloosa..
If it's any consolation, Martin Luther King Jr. was memorialized as a modern martyr at Westminster...
2006-08-11 22:33:40 · answer #2 · answered by T.J. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if the statue depicts a black man, I'd say so!
However, there was the religious reformation leader Martin Luther, who was German . . . so if the statue depicts a white man, it is probably him. And it would make a lot more sense to find a statue of Martin Luther in Germany than a statue of Martin Luther King.
2006-08-11 22:24:03 · answer #3 · answered by Curly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's just Martin Luther, it's the guy who started Lutheranism, and the Protestant Reformation in 1517 (split from Catholic church because of conflicts with the "rules" in the Church).
If it's Martin Luther King (with the "King"), then yes, it's probably the civil rights leader from the US.
2006-08-11 22:25:30 · answer #4 · answered by komodo_gold 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure it is Martin Luther King? Martin Luther, who founded the Lutheran religion, was german, so that would make a little sense.
2006-08-11 22:21:07 · answer #5 · answered by barackobamaforpresident 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Martin Luther (1483-1546), was a theologian who brought about the Reformation in 1517 when he nailed 95 questions to the front door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany. From some of the ideas in this "protest," as it was dubbed, flowed the Protestant Church in its many flavors.
There are statues of Martin Luther in Germany outside the Marienkirche (the Church of Mary) in central Berlin, in Hannover, in Hamburg, in Hesse, in Worms, in Eisleben, in Eisenach, in Dresden, in Wittenberg (yup, outside the church), and elsewhere.
The closest (to Germany) Martin Luther KING statue I know of is in Westminster Abbey, London, England, UK.
2006-08-11 22:52:34 · answer #6 · answered by EXPO 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Martin Luther was the father of the reformation of the church.
He was a monk, a scholar, an educator, and he wanted to reform the Catholic church from abusive practices (like paying money for dispensations to get out of purgatory). He believed that we are saved by faith in Christ alone and the church turned him out for that. Many princes and other members of the church rallied around him and that began the Reformation.
This period of history has had profound effects on the history of the Christian church and also on the secular world.
He was a great man who translated the Bible from the Latin into the vernacular German of his day so that the ordinary people could read God's word for themselves.
He's one of my heroes.
2006-08-11 22:26:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not the same martin luther king is totally different than martin luther king Jr. And no they are not realated
2006-08-11 22:23:18 · answer #8 · answered by Amanda A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I could be wrong, but I think it's Martin Luther...the religious leader who started the Lutheran church.
2006-08-11 22:21:15 · answer #9 · answered by lucyanddesi 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My guess is that it is Martin Luther. Not Dr. King that you mention.
2006-08-11 22:27:36 · answer #10 · answered by gtoacp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋