01:510:201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Ninety-Five Theses, Lightning, Indulgence

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: European History Courses
• Course: 01:510:201
• Professor: Santana

Document Summary

Notes on martin luther and the 30 years" war. However, his plans changed when he was struck by lightning, promising to devote his life to religion if he survived. When he survived, he went to rome as a monk, and he disliked what he discovered there. Rome was completely corrupted, including the church, and his goal came to be the reformation of the church. He called out the church for taking advantage of the public, like for example the church said that people could buy their way into heaven and he knew this was a scam. While in germany, he translated the bible into german from latin. This was extremely important because at first, only the heads of the church could read the bible as no one else spoke or read in latin. Now the bible was able to be read by everyone, and people could discuss and give their opinions on it.