Martin Luther
Martin Luther was a German theologian and religious reformer that had a great impact on not only religion but also on politics, economics, education and language.Martin Luther was born in the town of Eisleben, Germany, on November 10, 1483, (Encarta 1). His father Hans Luther, was a worker in the copper mines in Mansfield. His mother was Margaret. Martin grew up in a home where parents prayed faithfully to the saints and taught their children to do the same. His father and mother loved their children dearly, but were also very strict with them. Luther said, "my father once whipped me so that I ran away and felt ugly toward him until he was at pains to win me back. ...My mother once beat me until the blood flowed, for having stolen a miserable nut." (Luther 31) When Martin was five years old, he went to school in Mansfeld, where his parents had moved about a year after he was born. The subjects taught at this school was the Ten Commandments, the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, church music, together with some Latin and arithmetic. (Catholic Encyclopedia 1) The sad part of the instruction was that Martin and his fellow pupils learned little about the love of God. They learned to know Jesus, not as the Friend of sinne
Common in those days was the practice of selling indulgences for money. On June 13, 1525, Luther married Katherine von Bora, a former nun. Staupitz, to go to Rome in 1510, where the Pope lived (Martin 46). Since the Cotta family was a cultured family, Luther's stay in this home taught him to appreciate such things as music and art and helped him to develop especially his remarkable talent for music. He and a companion (a senior friar) set out on foot. Back in his little cell, he constantly studied religion and philosophy and prayed to the saints, eagerly striving to earn his way to heaven through his own good works. This proclamation, known as the Edict of Worms, called upon the Germans to forsake the dissident whose teachings threatened to divide the nation," (Luther 93). After spending a few weeks as a candidate to enter the Order of Augustinian Eremites and having the senior friars watch him to see if he would be a suitable person to enter the monastery, he was formally admitted to the trial period of one year. Luther continued his study of the Bible. He went from being a miner to being the owner of many small foundries. He was also interested in gardening and in the problems of running a household. Luther lived in constant danger of being arrested and killed. As time went on, however, and as he continued to study the Bible, and learn much of it by heart, he made the marvelous discovery that salvation is a free gift from God.
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