Martin Luther is known for his publishing of the ninety five theses in 1517 on the Church doors in Wittenberg. These arguments against the actions of the Catholic Church would lead to the theological and intellectual revolution of Germany and the rest of Europe. However, all in all, he was more harmful than helpful Europe in the next few hundred years.
The reason for his arguments against the church were based off of things that should not have been happening in a so called pure place. This was mainly the selling of indulgences, or remissions so that sins were pardoned in that time in Purgatory was relieved. He did not want the Pope to have the kind of Monopoly that the Pope did on the land and citizenship, turning instead to the Bible, saying that he would only rely on that and plain reason. This meant that he would become a heretic in the Catholic Church. This brought him further in the eyes of the people, however, and meant that he gained more followers and suffered little to no penalties, although normally in tradition, he would have been burned at stake. He made it so the vernacular was used in Germany in the church, actually translating the Bible into German. This was important in that the people could know what they were actually putting their faith in, rather than blindly following a man (the Pope) who could in fact be corrupt. In truth, there was
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