Gendun, Tenzing

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Ap World history
Block 1
October 28, 2014

Martin Luther was born on November 10, 1483, in Eisleben, Saxony,

in modern southeast Germany.

A young professor of sacred scripture, Martin Luther , objected

to this practice and to other excesses

Luther had forsaken money and marriage for a monastic life of

prayer, self-denial, and study

He wrote to Pope Leo to complain of this abuse and challenged the

preachers to a debate on the theology of indulgences.

During a debate in 1519, a papal representative led Luther into open

dis- agreement with church doctrines, for which the papacy

condemned him
Luther burned the papal bull (document) of condemnation, rejected

the popes authority, and began the movement known as the

Protestant Reformation
Luther insisted that the only way to salvation was through faith in

Jesus Christ
Luthers use of the printing press to spread his ideas won him the

support of powerful Germans

Luther translated the bible into German
Martin Luther was ordered to recant his Ninety-Five Theses by the

authority of the pope

In January 1521, Martin Luther was officially excommunicated from

the Roman Catholic Church