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Monument of Martin Luther in Wittenberg, Germany. It was the first public monument of the great reformer, designed 1821 by Johann Gottfried Schadow. Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a German monk, theologian, and church reformer and the translator of the bible into German. He is also considered to be the founder of Protestantism. He lived and worked many years in Wittenberg.
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On Oct. 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses, a list of propositions aimed at problems in the Roman Catholic Church, to the door of the university church in Wittenberg, Germany. He wanted to start a theological debate. Instead, he started the Reformation.
As Luther’s teaching reverberated through Europe, the aims of his followers expanded. According to historian Scott Hendrix, Protestants aspired to “re-Christianize” Europe.
Europe was already Christian, but in the Reformers’…
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