The quote, “If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.” was the driving force behind Martin Luther's motives to change the views and understanding of religion during his time.
The Reformation; a colossal Time. Full of religious modifications and the Mondo of questions that circulated the objectification and slight Defiance of the European people. A world-renowned and life-changing era between church and self all led by a man so brave enough as to embody it. As National Geographic stated, the revolution of religion that began in Western
Europe seem to at first deem itself as the pope having more power than its own government and royalty! The “Man's fate determined by man himself.” reconstructed itself after the Renaissance
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He initially disagreed with the Pope, saying that he was not be holiest leader; and as his second point he denounced the idea of “purchasing off the Forgiveness of your sins by allotting in the
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church's indulgences.” there was now an urgent matter of putting faith in Christ alone and renovating the doctrine.
At its birth, the introductory act that led to the sporadic religious change was initiated on
October 31st, 1517. Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the wall of Castle Church in
Wittenberg Germany. From that very day, all hell was set to break loose. The issue of questioning the “status quo” was thought to have ended with the Wycliffe and Hus era, but little did The Empire know that this was just the beginning! No other individual was brave enough to challenge an already existing cycle, seeing as though he knew there was something better. And as the years of chatter and protest progressed, in 1521 Martin was put on trial and defended his concept. , In an effort to stress the importance of his idea he shouted “I cannot and will not recant anything for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe, here I stand, I can do no other,