1. Martin Luther Challenges the Catholic Church

2. LUTHER’S LIFE

3. HISTORY
►_________________
► Strict family & harsh home life
GERMAN

4. CAREER MONK ► Became a ___________ out of fear at 22 years of age
► Taught at the University
of Wittenberg

5. PHILOSOPHY ► Luther had no desire to lead a revolution
► He felt he was rejected
by God and was full of sin
►He often beat himself
as a form of PENANCE
(payment to God)

6. LUTHER’S ARGUMENTS & ACTIONS

7. Tickets that could be bought for admission to Heaven
VS. JOHANN TETZEL (1517)
Luther opposed the selling of INDULGENCES
INDULGENCE =
Tickets that could be bought for admission to Heaven

8. 95 THESES ► Posted on October 31, 1517 (Halloween)
On the church door
at the U. of Wittenberg
► Attacked all people
selling indulgences
► Called for FULL reform
of the Catholic Church!!!

9. 95 Theses

10. The Church Reaction

11. POPE LEO X EXCOMMUNICATED ► Demanded that Luther
apologize for his actions
► _____________________ Luther
Cuts him off from the Catholic Church
Damns him to Hell
EXCOMMUNICATED

12. Excommunication OR Death?
DAMN YOU!
DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!!!
WHICH WAS WORSE…
Excommunication OR Death?

13. HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR CHARLES V
► Catholic
(Supported the Papacy)
► Issued the EDICT OF WORMS:
No one was permitted to help Luther in any way by penalty of excommunication or death!

14. SO WHAT HAPPENED? LUTHERANS PROTESTANTS
► Friends hid Martin Luther until
he developed a big enough
following to show his face
► His followers were called
___________________
► Those who fought against the pope
Were called _________________
LUTHERANS
PROTESTANTS