The Christian Church got its start over two thousand years ago with the works and leadership of Jesus Christ. He entrusted His teachings and the growth of the Church to His followers. They are called to use His example to draw all men closer to God. Over time it grew because of the understanding of the power of love and as the faithful followers sought a closer relationship with God through His Word. Martin Luther was a servant of the Church as a friar, teacher, and caretaker of the Church property. He also translated Bibles into languages other that could be read more widely by the followers. One of Martin Luther’s greatest influences on the Church was his quest to follow God’s word as pure as he could. “In nailing his Ninety-Five Theses to a church door, Luther perhaps intended no more than to provoke an academic debate. Church doors were regularly used then to announce public events. The theses’ explosive reception could well have meant that the questions the professor had posed for debate were live issues far beyond the university.” His action was very brave, because the fact of challenging the Holy …show more content…
It allowed a writer’s works to be mass produced and put into the hands of larger audiences. It was a major factor, of course, in spreading of Bibles and God’s word. It helped to provide Luther’s these debates among a wider range of people. The Protestant Reformation could hardly have happened without it. And Luther was important in establishing print culture, since his books and pamphlets would be in high demand all over Europe for decades. Luther wrote in German or translated his Latin writing into German.” The ability to mass produce documents helped to increase the appetite for knowledge with the day to day type people. By having their own copy of the Bible any person could now be a loud to get their own interpretation of what was