1. Important Parts of Martin Luther's life
*Martin Luther was the first person to translate the Bible into the official German language
This was important because without him we would not have everything we have today. The people's life's that he changed when he did that might not have happened if it were not for him. He touched their life's and therefore indirectly effected my life!
*Martin Luther also wrote many books
He wrote many books that helped people understand the meaning and the message of the Bible. Although sometimes his emotions overtook him, they were still good.
2. My own thoughts of him(http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/people/luther.htm) (http://www.greatsite.com/timeline-english-bible-history/martin-luther.html)
I think he is a good part in history, i can't imagine what our world would be like without him. Our would is still so corrupt and we still fall away from the original teachings of the church so what he was trying to do when he was reforming the church was a great thing because the people were doing it wrong thinking that you have/had to pay to get our of hell and purgatory. God gave us the free give of salvation and the people who were wanting to pay were not right, and the people that were accepting the money were wrong in their actions also.
Martin Luther was born in 1483 into a strict German Catholic family. His family wanted him to be lawyer and intended him to be one, but God had different plans for his life. He became monk instead and also a theology professor. He had a fear of God and hell until he realized the doctrine of “justification of faith” while reading Romans. He wasn't about to sit back and let this happen he wanted to do something about it. Luther unwillingly sparked religious and political reform in Germany and founded the Lutheran branch of Protestantism. He also had a strong personality, on Halloween of 1517 Luther changed the course of human history. He nailed 95 Theses to the church door at Wittenberg. He accused the Roman Catholic church of heresy. Many people cite this act as the primary starting point of the Protestant Reformation. In 1534 Martin Luther translated the entire Old Testament into the German Language.
Martin Luther escaped martyrdom and died because of old age. His last written words were “Know that no one can have indulged in the Holy Writers sufficiently, unless he has governed churches for a hundred years with the prophets, such as Elijah and Elisha, John the Baptist, Christ and the apostles… We are beggars: this is true.”
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