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Matin Luther is Born in in Eisleben, Germeny. His father was Hans Luder and his Mother Margarethe née Lindemann. (photos)
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Luther family moves to Mansfeld (no recorded date)
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Martin attends the Univesity of Erfurt at the age of seventeen. (No date recorded)
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Receives Baccalaureate in the Liberal Arts (no date recordede
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Receives Master of Arts; he then made plans to attend law school
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Martin Luther is Caught in a thunderstorm, and prays to God to spare him, and in return he would become a Monk, God Sves him from the Storm he pledges to become a Monk.He Enters an Augustinian monastery at Erfurt and takes his monastic vows the following years.
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Luther begins to study in Theology at the Universisty of Erfurt. Luther receives doctorate in Theology in 1512
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Martin went with great enthusiasm, but was very disappointed with the lifestyle of the pope and clergy. This was one of the key points Martin reformed against the Church, It was Corrupt.
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Luther Begins to work as a Professor of Theology at the University of Wittenburg. He lectures Psalms, Romans, Galatians and Hebrews, from 1514-1518
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On 31 October 1517, Luther wrote to his bishop, Albert of Mainz, protesting the sale of indulgences. He enclosed in his letter a copy of his "Disputation of Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences," which came to be known as The Ninety-Five Theses. He also nailed the Ninety-Five Theses to the Churches door in Wittenburg.
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The Disputation at Heidelberg begins. It is a debate of Luther's ideas at a meeting of the Augustinian chapter. Luther joins the debate in April. Several of the brothers come to accept his way of thinking. The papal court begins an inquisition in Rome in response to Luther's ideas. Luther is tried in his absence on charges of heresy.
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Emperor Maximilian denounces Luther as a heretic
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Pope Leo X demands that Luther recant within 2 months or be excommunicated. Luther burned the bull after the deadline since they (the Church) burned his books.
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After being excommunicated, Lther was summoned to Worms. He was summoned to either renounce or reaffirm his writings. When he appeared before the assembly He was presented with a table filled with copies of his writings. He was asked if he still believed what these works taught. He requested time to think about his answer. He was Granted an extension of one day. The next day he did not recant his writings.
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After the Diet of Worm, Luther was allowed back to his home in Wittenburg and was assure 'safe passage' but Prince Frederick the Wise was smarter then that. The prince arranged for Luther to be seized on his way from the Diet by a company of masked horsemen, who carried him to the castle of the Wartburg, where he was kept about a year.In this time Luther Translated the Bible into the common tounge (Germen). But outside the Castle walls, Luthers followers were rebelling against the Church.
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The Emperor issued his Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw
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Helped 12 nuns, including Katharina von Bora, escape from the Nimbschen Cistercian convent - arranged for them to be smuggled out in herring barrels. They Barely escaped with thier lifes.
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Martin Luther tied the nuptial knot with Katharina von Bora, one of the 12 nuns whom he had helped flee from the Nimbschen Cistercian convent, in April 1523. Though a couple of priests and former monks had already married, it was Luther's marriage that sealed the approval on clerical marriage. The couple had six children.
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Lutheranism was established since Luther's condemnation of the rebels had made his beliefs popular with the princes of Germany. This then made Germany split into Protestants and Catholics.
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Lutheran leaders stating their beliefs. Unfortunately, Luther was excommunicated so he could not attend - his friend Philipp Melanchthon (professor of Greek) prepared a summary of Luther's ideas - the basis of Lutheran
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On the 18th of February, 1546, Martin Luther fell under a terrible sickness and passed away in his home town, Eisleben, Saxony.
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Charles V - holy Roman emperor - allowed the German princes to choose whether their states should be Lutheran or Catholic, no other form of Protestantism was allowed.
