HIST 1003 Chapter : ESSAY ENG VS GERM
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By 1500 the prestige of the church at rome had sunk to its lowest point ever. In germany there was a monk named martin luther who was born in saxony. While he was teaching novice monks, he came across a piece of scripture reading the just shall live in faith. this was the driving force behind luther"s movement against the. The church made money more important than leading its followers to church. Martin luther believed that faith makes a person good and it is faith alone that leads one to salvation. The church was spreading the idea that doing good works would get them to heaven. salvation. So the church began the sale of indulgences, which are documents signed by the pope declaring a paying customer freedom from hell. A man named albrecht of brandenburg brought this idea into germany.
