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they moved to mansfeld where his father was a leaseholder of copper mines and smelters and served as one of four citizen representatives on the local council.
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The religious scholar Martin Marty describes Luther's mother as a hard-working woman of "trading-class stock and idling means", contrary to Luther's enemies, who labeled her a whore and bath attendant.
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Luther's father wanted his son to become a lawyer, so he sent his son to become a lawyer
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Martin entered the university, which he later described as a beer house and a whorehouse, he was made to wake at 4AM for a day of rote learning and often wearying spiritual exercises. He received his master's degree in 1505
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Luther began teaching theology at the University of Wittenberg. He received two bachelors degrees, one in biblical studies on 9 March 1508
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Luther began teaching theology at the University of Wittenberg. He received two bachelors degrees, one in biblical studies on March 9 1508
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he came to reject several teachings and articles of the contemporary Roman Catholic Church, in particular the view on indulgences and papal authority. Luther initiated an international debate on these in works like his 95 thesis
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Demanded that Luther renounce all of his writings, and when Luther refused to do so, excommunicated him in January of 1521
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When Luther died his Leo X was still in effect