How Did Martin Luther Influence The World

Martin Luther was born in 1483 AD, and became a monk even though his father wanted him to study law. Luther joined a monastery after getting struck by lightning and He dedicated his life to the gospel, however the more he studied and learnt, the more he felt that the Catholic Church was corrupt, and this is how the Counter Reformation began. Luther wrote the 95 things that he found wrong with the church on a placard and nailed it on the the door of the Catholic Church in Germany, These are now known as the 95 Theses. He used Gutenberg's printing press that was invented in 1440, to create the placard, The same printing press that was used to print Gutenberg's bible. The selling of indulgences was one of the things that Luther felt made the

Different people attended from the public, however Cardinals, Bishops and head of religion were the only people who could talk. The Council of Trent, was held in 25 sessions, but in 3 different periods and held by three different popes, these popes were Paul III, Julius III, Pius IV. Period one happened from 1545 to 1547, Period two happened from 1551 to 1552 and Period three happened from 1562 to 1563, however the sessions were always interrupted by war, politics or the

The selling of indulgences were banned and the buying of indulgences were outlawed, however you could still earn them through good works. Before the council of trent, The Bishops were allowed control of more than one Diocese, and they did not have to be in charge of the diocese in their area. This is called pluralism. Along with that was Absenteeism, Which meant if the bishop left their diocese to visit another district, and something negative happened at his diocese, They would have to wait until the bishop came back in order to resolve the issue. This was a problem, as in the sixteenth hundred it could take weeks and weeks to travel to a certain destination. So the Council fixed this problem, and did not allow bishops to control more than one diocese, they were also forbidden to collect money. Before the Council of Trent, priests had no education, which forced them to make bad decisions, that had negative outcomes on the church. However, After the council of trent, they decided that in order to educate their priests, Bishops had to create seminaries to train them. The Catholic Church, still uses the seven sacraments of baptism today, However before the Council of Trent, The church would misuse the sacraments which had negative outcomes, But now because of the council, the