Martin Luther was very religious and had no fear for standing for what he thinks is right. He was a monk and taught scripture at the University of Wittenberg. He took a stand again Johann Tetzel for selling indulgences. The only reason Tetzel was selling indulgences was to make money to rebuild St. Peter’s Cathedral and not to forgive people of their sins. Tetzel told the people that were buying the indulgences that they could buy their way into heaven. Luther did not agree with Tetzel at all and decided to do something about it. Luther in response to Tetzel wrote the 95 Theses that attacked the Catholic Church. He also invited a lot of people to discuss the statements. Someone rewrote the 95 Theses and sent it to the printing press. The printing …show more content…
Luther refused so Leo excommunicated Luther. Charles V was a Catholic and he also opposed Luther’s teaching. Charles tried to get Luther to recant but it backfired on him because Luther made a speech and it made him even more popular. Charles was so mad he held a meeting called the Diet of Worms. At the meeting Charles issued the Edict of Worms. The Edict of Worms stated that Luther was an outlaw and a heretic so no one could give him any shelter or food. Prince Frederick the Wise of Saxony did not obey Charles and shelter Luther in one of his castles for almost a year. He hid Luther at Wartburg and Luther translated the New Testament into German. When Luther came back out of hiding he realized that his practices where in use. The people that followed his teachings decided to call themselves Lutherans. Some of the princes from Germany agreed with Luther’s teaching and they became known as Protestants. The word Protestant eventually applied to Christians that were not members of the Catholic Church. Charles started a war with the princes but after seven years he got tired of fighting and came up with the Peace of Augsburg. The Peace of Augsburg said that each ruler picked what religion their people would