On November 10, 1483 a man named Martin Luther was born in Eisleben, Germany (PBS). About a year later, his family moved to Mansfield, Germany where he spent his childhood. He went to School and was very fluent in Latin. Back in those days, Latin was the language that people learned in school and continued to write essays in all the way through graduate school. At the age of 18 he received his bachelors degree at the University of Erfurt. At the age of 22, he had received his Master of Arts degree. That same year, 1505, (Luther) he was struck by lightening, he had a very serious argument with his father and as a result he enter into Augustinian monastery in Erfurt. He became a monk and this really angered his father even. In 1507 Luther finally became a priest and he vowed to live in poverty. He was of course Catholic as was most of the Christian world back then.

Not only did the Catholic Church sell indulgences, they also sold positions. Their greed for money had corrupted yet wealthy officials to be appointed cardinals. Over the years this continued and led to them getting and providing an impact on political ideas and because of their wealth, they gained power. Time went on and the church lacked many religiously minded people amongst the clergy. Luther noticed this and understood. What was the Catholic Church doing anyway if they themselves couldn’t even get salvation?

His behavior at Worms was a clear sign of his own individuality. Luther would just stand-alone against the high powers of the church, which were the princes of the church and the princes of the state. When he was critiqued and out numbered he always replied “He I stand” ( PBS) He was bold in every aspect a person could be. He stood strong like a “Lion in the jungle”. (PBS).

The church didn’t have the right ways to help the people get to receive real faith. The church had the Bible written in all Latin, and since the people lacked the knowledge to read it in Latin, they had to depend on the clergy to help them. Well, if the clergy didn’t even understand, how can the people? All they’d do is do exactly as they were told through the processes they thought were right and believe they reached salvation. Luther changed all this. He translated the Bible into German, so that all people could read it and understand it thoroughly all to themselves. It helped them realize that the church never understood or taught them the true ways to receive salvation. Catholic church was also virtually based, how can doing rituals with no faith, bring salvation? Luther quickly developed his own supporters and separated from the Catholic Church and started some religious ideas that we still use today, for example, justification by faith.

Martin Luther had many reasons for nailing the 95 Theses to the door of All Saint’s Church in Wittenberg. He understood that it was not just under indulgences that the Catholic church made mistakes in faith, but also through their political views and their perception of faith.

Lutherans believe that, "Only by God's grace do we have justification". Lutherans also believe that their religion is a "continuation of Christianity", not a new church. Catholicism and Lutheranism are much more closely related than is Lutheranism and the free churches of Protestantism. The confessional position of the Lutherans is contained in the Book of Concord, which

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