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born in 1483 november 10th
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on 2 July 1505, he was returning to university on horseback after a trip home. During a thunderstorm, a lightning bolt struck near him
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on 17 July 1505.[23] One friend blamed the decision on Luther's sadness over the deaths of two friends.
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in 1508, von Staupitz, first dean of the newly founded University of Wittenberg, sent for Luther, to teach theology
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Luther taught that salvation and subsequently eternal life is not earned by good deeds but is received only as a free gift of God's grace through faith in Jesus Christ as redeemer from sin
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in 1517. His refusal to retract all of his writings at the demand of the Pope
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On 31 October 1517, Luther wrote to his bishop
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It was not until January 1518 that friends of Luther translated the 95 Theses from Latin into German and printed and widely copied them, making the controversy one of the first in history to be aided by the printing press.
