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Nov 10, 1483
Birth of Martin Luther
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Sep 28, 1502
Receives B.A. at Erfurt
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Jul 2, 1505
Earns M.A. at Erfurt
Begins law studies; in thunderstorm on July 2, vows to become a monk; enters Order of Augustinian Hermits -
Sep 28, 1512
Becomes doctor of theology
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Period: Sep 28, 1513 to Sep 28, 1516
Begins lectures
Lectures on Psalms, Romans, and Galatians; appointed vicar over ten monasteries -
Sep 28, 1517
Begins lecturing on Hebrews
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Oct 31, 1517
Posts 95 Theses
Luther attacks the Church about indulgences -
Jul 28, 1519
Understands the "righteousness of God"
Understands the "righteousness of God" as "passive righteousness with which God justifies us by faith" ; in July, debates Professor John Eck at Leipzig and denies supreme authority of popes and councils -
Sep 28, 1520
Papal bull Exsurge Domine gives Luther 60 days to recant or be excommunicated
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Sep 28, 1520
Writes his 3 seminal treatises
They were To the Christian Nobility, On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, The Freedom of a Christian; burns papal bull and books of canon law -
Apr 28, 1521
Diet of Worms
At Diet of Worms in April, on trial before Emperor Charles V and other leaders of church and state, he refuses to recant writings; an edict condemns him as heretic and outlaw; after the Diet of Worms, he is "kidnapped" by Frederick the Wise, and hidden at Wartburg Castle; begins translating the New Testament -
Sep 28, 1521
Excommunicated by the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem
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Mar 29, 1522
Luther comes out of hiding
Luther returns to Wittenberg, helping to reestablish order there; finishes New Testament translation, first published in September