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Period: 1483 to 1522
Martin Luther's life
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Nov 10, 1483
Birth
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1502
Educated king
gets his liberal arts degree and advances to law school -
1505
Abandons the study of law
vows to become a monk -
1510
went to rome
made the 1000mile trek to rome for his pilgrimage to find himself and his religion, left more confused -
1512
Receives his doctorate and becomes a professor of biblical studies
publishes his writings on religion -
1517
Preaches against the Selling of indulgences
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Oct 31, 1517
95 Theses
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Nov 9, 1519
Epiphany
he becomes convinced that salvation or reconciliation with God is entirely a work of divine grace -
1520
Pope fights back
pope issues a document that warns luther to take back what he said, luther burns is -
1521
New Testament Translation
translates new testament from greek to german -
1521
Diet of Worms
excommunicated and summoned to appear before the council of worms in western Germany, he says he will not take back what he said and he gets kidnapped for good -
1521
pope kicks him out
pope officiallly throws luther out of the church, calls him an outlaw who should be burned to death -
Feb 18, 1546
Died
cardiac infarct at 62 years old