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Martin Luther

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  • Birth of Martin Luther
    Nov 10, 1483

    Birth of Martin Luther

  • Receives B.A. at Erfurt
    Sep 28, 1502

    Receives B.A. at Erfurt

  • Earns M.A. at Erfurt
    Jul 2, 1505

    Earns M.A. at Erfurt

    Begins law studies; in thunderstorm on July 2, vows to become a monk; enters Order of Augustinian Hermits
  • Becomes doctor of theology
    Sep 28, 1512

    Becomes doctor of theology

  • Period: Sep 28, 1513 to Sep 28, 1516

    Begins lectures

    Lectures on Psalms, Romans, and Galatians; appointed vicar over ten monasteries
  • Begins lecturing on Hebrews
    Sep 28, 1517

    Begins lecturing on Hebrews

  • Posts 95 Theses
    Oct 31, 1517

    Posts 95 Theses

    Luther attacks the Church about indulgences
  • Understands the "righteousness of God"
    Jul 28, 1519

    Understands the "righteousness of God"

    Understands the "righteousness of God" as "passive righteousness with which God justifies us by faith" ; in July, debates Professor John Eck at Leipzig and denies supreme authority of popes and councils
  • Papal bull Exsurge Domine gives Luther 60 days to recant or be excommunicated
    Sep 28, 1520

    Papal bull Exsurge Domine gives Luther 60 days to recant or be excommunicated

  • Writes his 3 seminal treatises
    Sep 28, 1520

    Writes his 3 seminal treatises

    They were To the Christian Nobility, On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, The Freedom of a Christian; burns papal bull and books of canon law
  • Diet of Worms
    Apr 28, 1521

    Diet of Worms

    At Diet of Worms in April, on trial before Emperor Charles V and other leaders of church and state, he refuses to recant writings; an edict condemns him as heretic and outlaw; after the Diet of Worms, he is "kidnapped" by Frederick the Wise, and hidden at Wartburg Castle; begins translating the New Testament
  • Excommunicated by the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem
    Sep 28, 1521

    Excommunicated by the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem

  • Luther comes out of hiding
    Mar 29, 1522

    Luther comes out of hiding

    Luther returns to Wittenberg, helping to reestablish order there; finishes New Testament translation, first published in September