It was 1517, a German monk named Martin Luther started to question the Catholic church on their teachings. He asked day in and day out until one day when he decided that he couldn't wait for there answers. He boldly nailed a list of his questions and complaints to the door of his church.This act is known today as the 95 Theses.( This was some traditional stuff that the people did then) After he made his bold move, he was kicked out of the Catholic Church. This lead to the remaking of the Catholic Church and the creation of Luther's church .the Lutherans.
Now you probably think that this man was crazy. I mean to think he could prove a point to people who knew much more then him (like many of the catholic leaders) ,but he wasn't. Here is why ,when I was in third grade my parents made me watch a movie call KEEPERS OF THE FLAME. It explained how he could possibly tell people who most likely taught him that they were wrong. It's like a third or forth grader trying to tell the teacher how to teach! The movie said that after one of his required classes, he started to read the Bible for himself (which the Catholic Church did not like for people to do without guidance from the Catholic Church.) Luther learned all the lies that the church had been telling. He learned tricks they had played. Like taking away all the Bibles so they could teach people things that were not even in the Bible,and having people pay to have their sins forgiven(which were all very important in the 95 Theses.) Martin was tired of the lies that came from The Catholic church, so he left the Catholic Church. In doing that he helped spark the Reformation.
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