Martin Luther and Reformation

King Frederick the Wise agreed with the views of Martin Luther, as Frederick wanted to limit the rule of the Church, and Luther backed his ideas. Because King Frederick the Wise agreed with Luther, it created a big political backing to Luther’s ideas, and Frederick ended up saving Luther from convicted of heresy. Since Luther was not convicted of heresy, Luther was not burned at the stake for his ideas and writings, and was able to continue his work. King Frederick even nabbed Luther after this happened so that Luther could be moved to a safe place while the Pope got word of the information, as Frederick did not want Luther to be killed by the Pope in rage. King Frederick also wanted Luther to continue spreading his ideas.

Martin Luther believed he was dealing with the Anti-Christ, which was why he felt so strongly about his ideas, and never turned his back on them, even in the face of death. He felt that he was facing the start of an apocalypse, especially because he found that the Catholic Church and the Pope had been lying to the people. The bible stated nothing that dealt with the way the Church was teaching people to achieve salvation. Luther believed that the Church had too much corruption and the people can cut out the middle man and repent on their own instead of having to go through the church. He also believed that the people do not need to follow only the Catholic Church and they can follow the faith in their own way. While Luther was kept away safe from the Pope, he translated the Bible into German so the people can read it for themselves instead of relying on the Pope or Priests to tell them what the Bible reads.

Once Martin Luther’s German version of the Bible was published to the people, revolutions began. The people started to read the Bible and find out that the Pope and the Catholic Church were not telling the truth about what the Bible reads, and the people became upset about the corruption. Even the monks, nuns, and young priests started leaving the monasteries and convents, choosing to get married and live a conventional life once they learned that they will still be able to achieve salvation without living a life to only the church. Then the peasants began to revolt against their Lords as they took Luther’s words the wrong way. Luther had said that the people should be free, but he meant from the Church. In order to gain control back over the peasants, over 100,000 rebels were slaughtered.

Martin Luther was very important to the German-speaking lands as he had translated the first Bible into something other than Latin. He began the revolution to the creation of Protestantism, which then changed the religion of the world.

In the Wartburg Church basement is where Martin Luther was held while hiding from the Catholic Pope. Luther translated the first Bible at this location. After the revolution began, Martin Luther left the Church, as he was no longer a target causing problems. Martin Luther became angry with how everyone was responding to his new Bible, as he only wanted the people to be aware of the corruption; he was not wanting a revolution.

This is the German Bible that Martin Luther translated. It was written in a Church basement while Martin Luther was kept safe by King Frederick the Wise. This Bible led to the Empire-wide revolt and started the breaking off of the Catholic Church.

King Frederick the Wise protected Martin Luther from excommunication from the church and from being convicted of heresy. Frederick believed in Luther's writings and protected him from the Pope in the time of need and pushed him to continue writing. 

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