Martin Luther And Katrina Vonbora
There are numerous biographies of Martin Luther’s life and several in depth analysis of his ideas, but very few focus on his life after the Reformation. After the leading the German Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther continued to work on his ideas, but he then took those beliefs and applied them to his own life. Martin Luther spent a number of years “defining the faith” and then the remainder of his life “living the faith.” Katherine von Bora and Martin Luther both deserted their life of obedience, poverty and celibacy to “live the faith” together.
On November 10, 1483, Martin Luther was born to Hans and Margarethe Luther in Isleben, Germany.1 At this time Germany was part of the Holy Roman Empire. Hans Luther had high ambitions of his son becoming a lawyer, but was disappointed when Martin dropped out of law school and entered an Augustinian friary in Erfurt.2 Martin believed that a career in law offered uncertainty and many of his later works prove......
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