Martin Luther and the Begining of the Reformation

On the morning of November 10th, 1483 in the Saxony, Germany, during the reign of Fredrick III, Martin Luther was born. Little did anyone know what an impact this new born son would have on the world? He was a theologian, bible translator, preacher and a writer. But what stands out the most of all, is the fact, that he had a great desire to bring God’s word to the masses. Because of this desire he would one day play a vital part in the Church’s “Great Reformation”

In 1505 as he was caught in a storm and fearing for his life, Martin Luther made a vow to become a monk if St Anne would see him safely through the storm. Shortly after making this vow, he regretted it, but never the less; 14 days latter he entered the monastery. His father was furious about it, but Luther continued anyway. Later as he was thinking back he said “I never thought of leaving the monetary. I was dead to the world until God’s time when Junker Tetzel and Doctor Staupitz incited me against the pope.”1 Here in this monastery he chose to become an Augustinian monk, in the Order of the Hermits of St Augustine.

On April 4, 1507 when he was twenty-three years old, he was ordained to priestho

“Let whosoever adheres to the truth of the Gospel be present at nine o’clock at the Church of the Holy Cross outside the walls, where the impious books of papal decrees and scholastic theology will be burnt according to ancient and apostolic usage, inasmuch as the boldness of the enemies of the Gospel has waxed so great that they daily burn the evangelic books of Luther. Come, pious and zealous youth, to this pious and religious spectacle, for perchance now is the time when the Antichrist must be revealed!”3

In the early summer of 1520 on June 15, Pope Leo signed the bull Exurge Domine. It called upon Luther to recant within 60 days or be excommunicated. Instead of healing the dissatisfaction in the church it actually caused more dissatisfaction. In the Northern provinces, people now were completely on Luther’s side and they refused to allow the bull to be published. It was often torn into bits and scattered.

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