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November 10, 1483, Eisleben, Germany Martin Luther was born.
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At age 21, Luther had decided to partake in a third-degree in law school, but after about 6 weeks he experienced a very sudden change of heart.
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On October 31, 1517 Martin Luther nailed a copy of the 95 theses to the church at The University Of Wittenburg.
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Pope ordered Martin Luther to meet him at Rome and talk about Luther's actions. Frederick 3 the elector of Saxony, intervened and had the meeting moved to Southern, Germany.
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Pope Leo X, in the papal bull, Exsurge Domine, warns Luther that he will be excommunicated from the church unless he takes back 41 sentences included in his 95 Theses within 60 days.
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Luther publicly burns the Papal Bull, threatening him with excommunication.
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Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther from the Roman Catholic Church.
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Luther gets an invitation to The Diet Of Worms, a meeting of church officials, priests, knights, & others from different land regions and places.
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Luther enters the Diet Of Worms in a two wheeled cart and is escorted by 2000 people to his lodgings
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Luther speaks before the people about his books and defends himself, and he asks for more time to think.
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On the second day of The Diet Of Worms the church, again asked Luther to denounce his ideas and his refusal made them very mad.
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Luther was put in a castle by Frederick 3 of Saxony where he translated the New testament into German. The reason he was in a safe castle was because the elector had planned a masked horseman to kidnap Luther and then kill him after.
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After Luther had come out of captivity people started to read the translated bible and turn away from The Roman Catholic Church. It has now been 500 years since then but the reformation and Martin Luther, they are the things/people that still live in out hearts.
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When Luther died on February 18, 1546, it was a time of grieving, his last words were, “We are beggars. This is true.” After that Martin Luther
