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Martin Luther

Type Figure Region Europe Time 1483–1546 Also known as Martin Luther、马丁路德

Martin Luther (1483–1546), German reformer and theology professor at Wittenberg, published the Ninety-five Theses in 1517, sparking the Reformation a…

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  1. 1511–1512Wittenberg · SaxonyAfter returning from a pilgrimage to Rome, Luther taught the Psalms, Pauline epistles and biblical theology at the University of Wittenberg, gradually developing critical views of church practice and soteriology.
  2. 1512Wittenberg · SaxonyLuther obtained a doctorate in biblical theology and was promoted to full professor, charged with teaching the Bible and Augustinian theology, establishing the academic standing for his later reform writings.
  3. 1517Wittenberg · SaxonyLuther published the Ninety-five Theses on the sale of indulgences and related issues; they spread rapidly across Germany, becoming the public starting point of the Reformation and provoking responses at both papal and imperial levels.
  4. 1518–1520Wittenberg · SaxonyLuther took part in the Heidelberg Disputation (1518) and the Leipzig Debate (1519), and in 1520 published works including To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, and On the Freedom of a Christian, systematically setting out reform theology.

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