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Martin Luther was born 1483 as the son of a mining family. He attended the Latin School in Mansfeld in 1488. Then In 1501 Luther began to go to school in Erfurt and intended to become a lawyer. In 1505, however, he made a decision that changed the course of his life drastically; he decided to enter the Augustinian monastery. His search for a merciful god ended in the reformation of the church. Luther had many bad personal experiences with the church. His public criticism of the misuse was published in letters in 1517 which did not result in the desired discussion. Friedrich the Wise organized a fake kidnapping to protect Martin Luther's life. Luther spent almost a year as Knight George on the Wartburg, where he converted the New Testament into German. Luther married the former nun Katharina von Bora in 1525. After the Peasants' War in 1525, which Luther had disapproved of, the reformer promoted the development of the protestant territorial church through visitations and church......

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