Dr. Martin Luther (10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546)Martin Luther was a German priest who started the Protestant Reformation with the nailing of his 95 theses to the wall of All Saints Church in Wittenberg, to protest the sale of indulgences by Johann Tetzel.
He was born in Eisleben, Germany, which was a part of the Holy Roman Empire. His parents were Hans Luder (later Luther) and Margarethe Lindemann Luder. He was baptized in the Catholic church on St. Martin of Tours Feast Day and was thus named “Martin”. Hans Luder wanted young Martin to become a lawyer and sent him to school run by The Brethren of the Common Life, a lay Catholic group. He also attended schools in Mansfield and Eisenach. There he was taught the “trivium”; grammar, rhetoric, and logic. Read More→
