2007-01-10 10:33:35 · 6 answers · asked by who am i 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
He was caught in a Thunderstorm and cried out to St. Anna to save him and he would become a Monk. He joined the Augustinian Order.
2007-01-10 12:18:00 · answer #1 · answered by Martin Chemnitz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Martin Luther was a Catholic and he joined the Augustinian order of monks. Why he chose that order and not the Franciscans or another, I don't know. Becoming a monk is a process of learning that can take years. Monks can be brothers, who are not ordained priests, but take vows much as nuns do; or priests and I believe he was an ordained priest. He was also a biblical scholar, which was something only a priest could be in the Catholic Church. It was while he studied the Bible he began to have on problems with church views on different subjects. He apparently decided to enter the monastery to thank God for having been spared when a lightning bolt nearly struck him.
2016-03-17 23:33:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he was riding along on his housr one day when a violent thunderstorm camp up. He prayed, and he promised God that he would become a monk if he got through the storm alive.
2007-01-10 12:01:12 · answer #3 · answered by Gideonbernstein 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He nearly got struck by a bolt of lightening.
2007-01-10 11:02:47 · answer #4 · answered by TarKettle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he thought he was dedicaded to God, but it ended up he was more dedicated to what was in his pants i.e. seducing a nun that later became his wife.
2007-01-10 10:48:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I guess because he wanted to!
2007-01-10 10:48:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋