Pekka vehkonen biography of martin luther
Biography of martin luther king!
Pekka vehkonen biography of martin luther
Luther's Life & Theology
His voice resounded at a momentof great receptivity among the people. They marveled at his boldness.
Martin Luther’s was by no means the only voice calling for reform of the Catholic Church in the late Middle Ages, but his voice spoke in German as well as Latin, and it resounded at a moment of great receptivity among the people.
They marveled at his boldness. Additionally, he drastically simplified the complicated demands of the Church: have faith in the atoning power of the crucified Christ; be guided solely by Scripture in your living and your belief.
That even the peasant rebels of 1524-1526 harkened (or thought they did) to the Wittenberger is revealed in the best known list of grievances called “The Twelve Articles of Memmingen.”
Luther was born the son of a former farmer and a lessor of copper-mining shafts.
After joining the Augustinian Eremites, Martin took advanced degrees in Bible (1509) and theology (1512) at the new Saxon U