Martin Luther

The year was 1517, and a man named Martin Luther was not happy about the direction the church was going. To him, he saw the church as less religious and faith based and even became a political enemy filled with corruption. On top of that, the church sold indulgences for about half a years wages, which was around 3 Marx back in the day. Martin Luther didn’t understand how and why the church would do such a thing to these poor people. This led him to create his 95 Theses to the church and nail it on their front door

At the time, Christian lifestyle standards and liberties were up for debate. This was understood as Christian Liberty, put by Martin Luther. One of Luther’s most famous quotes was regarding Christian Liberty, “In essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty, and in all things charity.” Martin Luther was trying to say that charity and love should always be included in our interactions with others. Also, God gave us essentials, and room for non-essentials, such as food, music, art, jewelry, profession, the list goes on. But God says as long as we do not violate his essentials with our non-essentials, we have Christian Liberty to do or not to do.

I believe Luther’s ideas were right and just. He wanted the people to be able to read the Bible for themselves and he felt like the church was beginning to become too authoritative. He brought up good questions that stirred the pot and led to a separation of the church. I do not think Martin Luther wanted war or violence, he just wanted the church to change their corrupt ways. In releasing the 95 theses and writing the Bible in German, he began to make people think for themselves but it eventually led in violence. Martin Luther was a good man with a great heart sent from God, I just think he simply did not think far into the future about how people would react.