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Martin Luther

German friar and professor of theology at Wittenberg whose objections to indulgences in 1517 began the Reformation.

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Dates
1483–1546
Place
Wittenberg
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According to Philip Melanchthon

According to Martin Luther

Martin Luther was a friar and a lecturer in theology at the University of Wittenberg when he wrote the Ninety-Five Theses in 1517. His German Luther’s German New Testament (1522) and the complete Luther Bible carry his name.

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  1. 1483–1546 Martin Luther
  2. 1517 Martin Luther authored Ninety-Five Theses
  3. 1522 Martin Luther authored Luther's German New Testament (1522)
  4. 3 Oct 1529 Martin Luther signed Marburg Articles
  5. 1534 Martin Luther authored Luther Bible
Proof 11 sources
  1. Disputation of Doctor Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences (the Ninety-five Theses), 31 October 1517, English translation of 1915, Project Gutenberg (from Works of Martin Luther, vol. 1, Philadelphia: A. J. Holman Company, 1915), 31 Oct 1517. Primary record
    Master of Arts and of Sacred Theology, and Lecturer in Ordinary on the same at that place
  2. The Marburg Colloquy: The Marburg Articles (1529), editors' introduction, German History in Documents and Images (German Historical Institute Washington). Scholarship & press
    This text contains the articles of the agreement signed at Marburg by Luther, Zwingli, and eight other preachers.
  3. The Marburg Colloquy: The Marburg Articles (1529), German History in Documents and Images (German Historical Institute Washington), 3 Oct 1529. Primary record
    The following articles were written and signed in Marburg on October 3, 1529.
  4. Luther's Correspondence and Other Contemporary Letters, volume I, 1507-1521, translated by Preserved Smith and Charles M. Jacobs (the letters), Lutheran Publication Society, Philadelphia (scan on the Internet Archive), 1913. Primary record
    For three days my affair has been in a hard case
    Luther followed Carlstadt to sustain the thesis that it was only by recent decretals that the Roman Church was proved to be superior to other Churches
    I do not wish my Theses to come into the hands of the illustrious elector or of any of the courtiers before they are received by those who believe that they are branded by them
  5. Luther and Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms (1521): Luther's declaration, the emperor's response and the Edict of Worms, German History in Documents and Images (German Historical Institute Washington), 1521. Primary record
    Therefore I cannot and will not recant
  6. Luther's Correspondence and Other Contemporary Letters, volume II, 1521-1530, translated by Preserved Smith and Charles M. Jacobs, Lutheran Publication Society, Philadelphia (scan on the Internet Archive), 1918. Primary record
    I shall lie hidden until Easter. In the meantime I shall continue to write my Postils and shall translate the New Testament into German
  7. Sources for and against the Posting of the Ninety-Five Theses, by Volker Leppin and Timothy J. Wengert, Lutheran Quarterly 29 (2015), pp. 373-398 (Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen repository), 2015. Scholarship & press
    I began to preach very gently that one could probably do something better and more reliable than purchasing indulgences.
    and publicly posted them at the Church which is next to the Wittenberg castle on the eve of the feast of All Saints in the year 1517.
    I begged them to stop the impudence and blasphemy of the quaestors, but the poor little brother was despised.
    I can still lay my hands on [a copy of] that letter; but I never received an answer.
    Neither report mentions that the Theses were posted on the Castle Church door in Wittenberg.
  8. Schlaglicht 1517: der sogenannte Thesenanschlag, by Axel Gotthard (in German), Bundeszentrale fuer politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education), 18 Jan 2017. Scholarship & press
  9. Luther's Bible Translations - 1522: the September Testament and the December Testament (Gruber Rare Books Collection), Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, JKM Library. Scholarship & press
    In September, 1522, Luther published the first edition of his translation of the New Testament.
  10. The Luther Bible (1534), editors' introduction, German History in Documents and Images (German Historical Institute Washington). Scholarship & press
    While Luther is named as its author, other scholars such as Philip Melanchton collaborated on the translation.
  11. A Declaration of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to the Jewish Community, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 1994. Primary record
    The Lutheran communion of faith is linked by name and heritage to the memory of Martin Luther, teacher and reformer.
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