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Luther Challenges the Church - Coggle Diagram
Luther Challenges the Church
Martin Lurther
Parents want him to be a lawyer
Became a monk and teacher
taught scripture at the University of Wittenberg in the German state of Saxony.
wanted to be a good Christian
Not to teach a religious revolution
Decided to take a public stand again frair named Johann Tetzel
Tetzel was raising money to rebuild St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome.
Did this by selling indulgence
Told people they could buy their way into heaven
Martin did not believe in this
Martin wrote 95 these or formal statements
Someone then copied Luther's work and had copies made on a printing press
Led the church's to not follow that churchers authority
Released a sinner from penalties
Wanted to full reform the church
People could receive salvation only by faith in God’s gift of forgiveness. The Church taught that faith and “good works” were needed for salvation.
All Church teachings should be clearly based on the words of the Bible. Both the pope and Church traditions were false authorities.
All people with faith were equal. Therefore, people did not need
priests to interpret the Bible for them.