Martin Luther

Luther found courage to stand against the tyranny of the Church because of the hours he devoted to personal study of the scriptures and prayer. He had a passion for translating the Bible into the German language so the people could read it for themselves rather then hearing it read to them. In that day the Bible was written in Latin, which they could not understand. Martin Luther was a firm believer in justification by faith alone and became the founder of the great Protestant Reformation. Because of Martin Luther, this great movement swept across Europe and started the wheels in motion for the religious freedom we are blessed with today.

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