History 2403E Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Johann Von Staupitz, Scholasticism, Pope Leo X
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1507 luther decided to join the monastic world as a result of a near death experience. Act of becoming a monk was such a positive deed that it was almost guaranteed that he would go to heaven. He enters the community and he become absolutely devoted to the lifestyle (he become a super monk) He finds that he is further away from god. Augustinians focused on knowing self and penance (what motivations were for certain decisions, people had to take a spiritual accounting of everything they did. For penance to truly work, if the person it truly sorry for what they have done. Luther wasn"t certain that he was sorry for the right reasons. Luther"s tortured soul didn"t find peace in the monastery. Johann von staupitz, tried to help luther and sooth his soul. This results in the change of the entire world. This plan created a crisis in luther"s life: