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Martin Luther

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Noun1.Martin Luther - German theologian who led the ReformationMartin Luther - German theologian who led the Reformation; believed that salvation is granted on the basis of faith rather than deeds (1483-1546)
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In 1517 Martin Luther, protesting against the unprincipled and flippant practices that were disgracing religion, began the breach between Catholicism, with its insistence on the supremacy of the Church, and Protestantism, asserting the independence of the individual judgment.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
Martin Luther translated twenty of these fables, and was urged by Melancthon to complete the whole; while Gottfried Arnold, the celebrated Lutheran theologian, and librarian to Frederick I, king of Prussia, mentions that the great Reformer valued the Fables of Aesop next after the Holy Scriptures.
Fables by Aesop View in context
"Doctor," said his wife to Martin Luther, one day, "how is it that whilst subject to papacy we prayed so often and with such fervor, whilst now we pray with the utmost coldness and very seldom?
Essays, First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
 
 
 
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