Luther

By Samuel233
  • Nov 10, 1483

    Born

    Martin Luther, German: 10 November 1483
  • Mar 3, 1507

    academic life

    On 3 April 1507, Jerome Schultz (lat.Hieronymus Scultetus), the Bishop of Brandenburg, ordained Luther in Erfurt Cathedral. In 1508, von Staupitz, first dean of the newly founded University of Wittenberg, sent for Luther, to teach theology.
  • 1517

    Event

    Roman Catholic Church. He strongly disputed the Catholic view on indulgences. Luther proposed an academic discussion of the practice and efficacy of indulgences in his Ninety-five Theses of 1517.
  • 1520

    Luther refusal all of his writings and by the Pope and condemnation as an outlaw by the Holy Roman Emperor.

    His refusal to renounce all of his writings at the demand of Pope Leo X in 1520 and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms in 1521 resulted in his excommunication by the Pope and condemnation as an outlaw by the Holy Roman Emperor.
  • 1525

    Marry

    Katharina von Bora, a former nun, set a model for the practice of clerical marriage, allowing Protestant clergy to marry.
  • 1531

    illness

    Luther had been suffering from ill health for years, including Ménière's disease, vertigo, fainting, tinnitus, and a cataract in one eye. From 1531 to 1546 his health deteriorated further.
  • 1542

    On Islam

    hough Luther saw the Muslim faith as a tool of the devil, he was indifferent to its practice: "Let the Turk believe and live as he will, just as one lets the papacy and other false Christians live."[189] He opposed banning the publication of the Qur'an, wanting it exposed to scrutiny.
  • 1543

    Antisemitism

    Luther argued that the Jews were no longer the chosen people but "the devil's people", and referred to them with violent language.
  • Feb 18, 1546

    Die

  • On the soul after death

    Francis Blackburne in 1765 argued that John Jortin misread this and other passages from Luther, while Gottfried Fritschel pointed out in 1867 that it actually refers to the soul of a man "in this life" (homo enim in hac vita) tired from his daily labour (defatigus diurno labore) who at night enters his bedchamber (sub noctem intrat in cubiculum suum) and whose sleep is interrupted by dreams.