Faith and Salvation
Faith and Salvation
Far from wanting to be a public revolutionary figure, Martin Luther's actions were primarily dictated by a very personal preoccupation with matters of faith and salvation. Luther devoted his life completely to God and to making sure that he and those around him were worthy of passage to Heaven in the afterlife. Luther became a monk, which he felt would carry him down the path to salvation. He believed the Catholic faith to be corrupt and evil, and vowed to renounce it in order to save himself and his followers from everlasting doom. Lastly, he started his own pure faith, which drew only on the word of God, and denounced his newly reformed churches from allowing their leaders to gain too much power, for he believed that power corrupts. He never meant for his actions to lead to a worldwide split in the Christian faith, but he believed in the word of God above all else, and wanted to spread it everywhere.
Martin Luther (1483-1546) grew up in fear of the church, like many others at the time. From an early age, he was taught that "only the righteous could expect to save their souls and win a place in paradise" (Ricker 49). He was born to a very poor family, but his father was a very hard worker. He eventually saved up enough money to get the family out of poverty, and somewhat into the middle class. This allowed him to send Luther to school, and later to law school. All his father's dreams about Martin becoming a lawyer were about to come true when one day "the sky blackened, claps of thunder echoed all around and flashes of lightning seemed to set the heavens afire" (Ricker 47). Luther thought this to be a warning from...
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Intersting to read. I did some research on this for myself, and I see different interpretations...including by me.
Basic biographical information on Martin Luther and his defining act of investigating and exposing the problems he found with Christianity of his time and place.
Nothing earth-shattering here, but pretty good overview on the man and his beliefs.
Cites six sources in no specific academic style.
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Some interesting facts there! I did a study on Martin Luther and I would have to say the source of some of your information may have been a little incorrect!
Apart from a few changes possibly needed its great!
Good job! (",)
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