how did martin luther become a religious revolutionary?

Answer 1

He started the Protestant movement. The Catholics were the " Peoples Church" ML didn't agree with several of their ideas and ways of their practices

Answer 2

Martin Luther did not start out to be a religious revolutionary.
He was a very educated man who joined the Church because he was frightened during a thunderstorm that if St. Anne would save him he would serve God
He was an avid student and an very good professor.
Martin Luther had 96 problems with the Catholic Church and all he started out to do was to have the Pope in Rome reform the church.
The church was going through a low point in church history and their was a lot of people that protested the corruption of the Catholic Church but were put to tortured and put to death for their belief.
Luther was one of the lucky ones who with the help of German royalty was spared being burned at the stake. He was Ex-communicated by the Pope which was a death sentence then but by the Grace of God he survived
He married an ex-nun and had 6 children but that's another story.
Luther was one of many who broke with the Roman Catholic Church.
The one thing that really made the Roman Catholic mad was that Luther translated the Bible from Latin into German. The people learned that the Catholic church praticed doctrine that was not in the Bible..like selling Indulgences..you could pay the Church money to get you or your loved ones out of purgatory..this was never found in the Bible but it was a good money maker for the Pope..
There was a revolt of the people and 100,000 or more died and Luther was blamed for the uprising of the people.
Luther really never expected that his protest to Rome would go as far as it did. There are movies on Luther's life.

Answer 3

The Reluctant Revolutionary

"Here I stand, I can do no other, God help me, Amen..." (Martin Luther)

When an obscure monk named Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses - 95 stinging rebukes - attacking the mighty Catholic Church, and its head, Pope Leo X to the door of Wittenberg Cathedral he unleashed a tornado.

It was a hurricane of violence and revolution that raged across Europe, and changed the face of a continent forever.

More info at this link:

http://www.pbs.org/empires/martinluther/about_relu.html

Answer 4

Martin Luther was raised as a merchants son and educated but chose to become a priest to continue learning. However after a few years in the arms of the church he found those over him to be less concerned with educating others and more concerned with enriching the church by selling fake religous artifacts. When challenged he asked the church to recant and they ex-communicated him and like they did everything else at that time, so badly that they botched it, never killing him as was done with ex-communication at that time. Other than him being instrumental in interpeting the Latin to German, he really wasn't much of a champion for the persecuted masses.

Answer 5

THE DIET OF WORMS...(The Heritage of World History by Craig, Graham, Kagan, Ozment, and Turner)...The German Reformation, Martin Luther was ordained in 1507. In Germany in 1512 he earned his theology degree. October 31 1517 Luther posted his ninety-five theses document which was postedon the door of the castle church in Wittenberg, germany. In it Luther di not like Indulgences for one. Indulgences: Remission of the temporal penalty of punishment in Purgatory that remained after sins had been forgiven. Luther also wrote three pamlets, one that attacked the seven sacrements, that two were only really important. In another pamlet, he said that he believed that Salvation came by faith alone. He was told to recant all of this. he said no. He became a refugee. He was hidden by friends in a castle in the city called the Diet of Worms. There in seclusion, he tranlated the the N.T. from Greek into german. He also saw the reforamtion thru correspondance. From there is spread like wild fire.

Answer 6

Was Luther a revoluntary? Originally he just wanted the Catholic Church to reform some of it's practices. When Luther posted his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Church in 1517 he was simply putting forth the changes he felt were needed. He didn't even want to separate from the Church. Nevertheless circumstances and events went further than he originally desired.

Answer 7

He challenged the church to debate. But Martin Luther did not think of the issues for debate by himself. Many people were questioning the church at that time and he was the first to formally do so.

Answer 8

By accident.
He posted a discussion topic on the cathedral door. When that started a controversy, Luther remained silent. But then several German princes agreed to back him, and the Reformation was born. The German Reformation was less about differences in theology, and more about the German monarchy liberating itself from the influence of the Papacy.

Answer 9

Nice try Cloe e.

It almost seems like Luther was sent by God to bring the church back to actual Christianity, rather than just a government entity.

Answer 10

Martin Luther's story may be found online at
http://www.greatsite.com/timeline-english-bible-history/martin-luther.html
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Answer 11

He challenged the Catholics' churches use of sin confession by monetary statute for the building of a new church building. In essence the church was being built on "blood money". He stated that sins did not need to be confessed to a religious leader.