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Martin Luther

Martin Luther (November 10, 1483–February 18, 1546) was a German university professor whose confrontation with Charles V at the Diet of Worms over freedom of conscience in 1521 was one of the events that initiated the Protestant Reformation. He was a monk, theologian, and church reformer.[1]

Luther's theology challenged the authority of the papacy by holding that the Bible is the only infallible source of religious authority[citation needed] and that all baptized Christians under Jesus are a spiritual priesthood.[2] According to Luther, salvation was a free gift of God, received only by true repentance and faith in Jesus as the Messiah, a faith given by God and unmediated by the church. These ideas inspired the Protestant Reformation and changed the course of Western civilization.[3]

Luther's refusal to submit to the authority of Charles V resulted in his being declared an outlaw of the state as he had been excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church. Because of the......


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