How Did Luther Changed Christianity

Theologian Martin Luther forever changed Christianity. Born on November 10, 1483, he was a German monk who began the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century Europe. The great reformer Martin Luther wrote in his commentary on Galatians about the new relationship between the Christian believer and the moral law of God, the Ten Commandments. Luther became one of the most influential and controversial figures in Christian history. He questioned some of the basic tenets of Roman Catholicism. This led his followers to split from the Roman Catholic Church and begin the Protestant tradition. Luther behaviors set in motion a reform of the Church. A prominent theologian, Luther’s desire for people to feel closer to God led him to translate the Bible

However, Luther's greatest work was the writing of the German Bible. No other work has had a greater impact on a nation's development and heritage then this book. In Luther's time, the German language consisted of several complicated dialects. The key factor was how Luther turned his attention to the Old Testament. This motivation opened Pandora’s box when it came to translations of the Bible and sparked a time of great hymn production. It worried church officials because they no longer had strict control over God’s Word. Martin Luther’s Large Catechism began with the reflection of the first commandment, “You are to have no other gods before me.” He explains that where your trust is false and wrong, there you do not have the true God. Luther proceeds to dissect further the relationship between trust and idolatry. In other words, the command “have no other gods before me” is violated when idolatry is functionally manifested in violating any of the other commands. No one has grasped this concept better than Martin Luther. Luther remarkably intertwined the Old Testament and New Testament in his exposition of the Ten