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Martin Luther
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Born in Eisleben, Electorate of Saxony, Luther initially pursued a career in law. Following an intense, life-altering experience during a severe thunderstorm in 1505, during which he reputedly swore an oath to St. Anne, he abruptly abandoned his secular studies and joined the Augustinian monastery in Erfurt 1].
His time in the monastery was marked by intense spiritual searching. He struggled profoundly with the perceived unreachability of a righteous God, often subjecting himself to severe ascetic practices inten… -
Protestant Reformation
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Martin Luther and Wittenberg
Martin Luther (1483–1546), an Augustinian friar and professor at the University of Wittenberg, initiated the formal break. His critique focused initially on the sale of indulgences, particularly those solicited by Johann Tetzel to fund the rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica, which Luther claimed were financially draining…