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Martin Luther & the German Reformation Late Medieval German lacked the political unity to enforce large scale religious reforms.

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Martin Luther & the German Reformation

• Late Medieval German lacked the political unity to enforce large scale religious reforms.

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Who was Martin Luther?1507 ordained a Catholic priest1510, visit to Rome, he found the

German complaints about the Church to be accurate

1512, earned his doctorate in Theology at the Augustinian Monastery in Wittenberg

• Luther saw nothing in scriptures about indulgences or purgatory

• October 31, 1517—nailed his 95 Thesis to the door of Wittenberg church

• http://www.luther.de/en/95thesen.html

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Tenets (Beliefs) of Lutheranism

• Read p. 69-70• Write the italicized tenet• Follow it with one sentence of your

description to help understand the italicized belief

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1. Salvation by faith alone—Good works cannot guarantee salvation; are encouraged

2. Bible is ultimate authority—all believers should read Bible

3. God brings absolution—indulgences, pilgrimages, fasts, and relics are useless

What did Martin Luther Believe?

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4. Baptism and communion are the only valid sacraments Rejected transubstantiation Supported consubstantiation

5. Clergy is not superior to laitypermit marriage of clergy; “priesthood of all believers”

6. Church is subordinate to the stateLuther appealed to monarchs and princes