Mrs. Eddy Mentioned Them August 24, 1957 Issue

Martin Luther, 1483-1546

[Mentioned in Science and Health, p. 268; Christian Healing, p. 2; and Miscellany, p. 295]

Martin Luther , leader of the Protestant Reformation in Germany, was the eldest son of a miner who subsequently owned several foundries and was thus able to send his son to the University of Erfurt to prepare for the law. One day, returning from a visit to his parents, Luther was thrown to the ground by lightning. His vow to the patroness of miners, "St. Anne help me! I will become a monk," led to his entering the Augustinian order of monks in Erfurt.

After he became a priest, questions arose in Luther's thought regarding some of the church's practices and the interpretation of Scripture; and these were not silenced by a visit to Rome or by a transfer to Wittenberg. Hoping to divert Luther's thinking from too much introspection, his adviser arranged that Luther study for his doctor's degree in theology; preach; and teach at the university.

Believing that only when a man repented was he pardoned, Luther criticized the practice of indulgences and when this practice increased he protested by nailing his Ninety-five Theses for debate on this subject on the door of the Castle church. The pope demanded that Luther be sent to Rome and tried for heresy. Frederick the Wise, Luther's prince, said Luther should go only if convicted.

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