Martin Luther

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Augustinian friar Bible translator Catholic priest Christian reformer human hymnwriter theologian university professor

Martin Luther was a 16th-century German theologian and key figure of the Protestant Reformation whose teachings challenged Catholic doctrine and reshaped Western Christianity.

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Observed surface forms (5)

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Luther	1
Martin Luther (ideologically after 1525)	1
Martin Luther (the Reformer)	1
Martin Luther in Luther	1
Martin Luther – professor of theology	1

Statements (85)

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instanceOf	Augustinian friar ⓘ Bible translator ⓘ Catholic priest ⓘ Christian reformer ⓘ human ⓘ hymnwriter ⓘ theologian ⓘ university professor ⓘ
academicDegree	Doctor of Theology ⓘ
birthDate	1483-11-10 ⓘ
birthPlace	Eisleben ⓘ Electorate of Saxony ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
burialPlace	All Saints' Church, Wittenberg ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	16th century ⓘ
child	Elisabeth Luther ⓘ Hans Luther ⓘ Elisabeth Luther ⓘ surface form: Magdalena Luther Elisabeth Luther ⓘ surface form: Margarete Luther Martin Luther the Younger ⓘ Paul Luther ⓘ
citizenship	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
commemoratedOn	October 31 ⓘ
commemorationContext	Reformation Day in many Protestant churches ⓘ
condemnedAt	Diet of Worms ⓘ
criticized	Catholic sacramental system ⓘ indulgences ⓘ papal authority ⓘ
deathDate	1546-02-18 ⓘ
deathPlace	Eisleben ⓘ Electorate of Saxony ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Erfurt ⓘ University of Wittenberg ⓘ
employer	University of Wittenberg ⓘ
era	Reformation ⓘ surface form: Reformation era
ethnicity	German ⓘ
eventDate	Diet of Worms ⓘ surface form: Diet of Worms 1521
excommunicatedBy	Pope Leo X ⓘ
excommunicationDate	1521-01-03 ⓘ
familyName	Martin Luther self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Luther
founded	Lutheranism ⓘ
fullName	Martin Luther self-link ⓘ
givenName	Martin ⓘ
hasWorkInTheCollection	Luther Bible ⓘ Lutheran hymns ⓘ
influenced	Huldrych Zwingli ⓘ John Calvin ⓘ Philip Melanchthon ⓘ Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism Western Christianity ⓘ
knownFor	Luther’s Ninety-five Theses ⓘ surface form: Ninety-five Theses challenging the sale of indulgences ⓘ doctrine of justification by faith alone ⓘ initiating the Protestant Reformation ⓘ opposition to papal authority ⓘ translating the Bible into German ⓘ
language	German ⓘ Latin ⓘ
marriageDate	1525-06-13 ⓘ
movement	Reformation ⓘ surface form: Protestant Reformation
notableWork	Luther Bible ⓘ Luther’s Ninety-five Theses ⓘ surface form: Ninety-five Theses On the Freedom of a Christian ⓘ The Babylonian Captivity of the Church ⓘ On the Freedom of a Christian ⓘ surface form: To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation
occupation	Augustinian friar ⓘ Bible translator ⓘ Catholic priest ⓘ hymnwriter ⓘ theologian ⓘ university professor ⓘ
parent	Hans Luther ⓘ Elisabeth Luther ⓘ surface form: Margarethe Luther
positionHeld	Professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Wittenberg ⓘ
protectedBy	Frederick the Wise ⓘ surface form: Frederick III, Elector of Saxony
religion	Christianity ⓘ Lutheranism ⓘ
residence	Wittenberg ⓘ
spouse	Katharina von Bora ⓘ
theologicalConcept	justification by faith alone ⓘ priesthood of all believers ⓘ sola fide ⓘ sola scriptura ⓘ
tookRefugeAt	Wartburg Castle ⓘ

Referenced by (93)

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Heinrich Bullinger → influencedBy → Martin Luther ⓘ

Huldrych Zwingli → influencedBy → Martin Luther ⓘ

Huldrych → influencedBy → Martin Luther ⓘ

subject surface form: Huldrych Zwingli

Institutes of the Christian Religion → influencedBy → Martin Luther ⓘ

Jehan Cauvin → influencedBy → Martin Luther ⓘ

Johann Georg Hamann → influencedBy → Martin Luther ⓘ

John Calvin → influencedBy → Martin Luther ⓘ

Martin Bucer → influencedBy → Martin Luther ⓘ

Martin Luther the Younger → influencedBy → Martin Luther ⓘ

Mikael Olavinpoika → influencedBy → Martin Luther ⓘ

Philip Melanchthon → influencedBy → Martin Luther ⓘ

Protestant Reformation in Finland → influencedBy → Martin Luther ⓘ

Swiss Reformation → influencedBy → Martin Luther ⓘ

Thomas Müntzer → influencedBy → Martin Luther ⓘ

de Bèze → influencedBy → Martin Luther ⓘ

subject surface form: Théodore de Bèze

William Farel → influencedBy → Martin Luther ⓘ

William Tyndale → influencedBy → Martin Luther ⓘ

Protestant work ethic → influencedByThinker → Martin Luther ⓘ

Eisleben → isBirthplaceOf → Martin Luther ⓘ

Eisleben → isDeathPlaceOf → Martin Luther ⓘ

Pope Leo X → issuedExcommunicationOf → Martin Luther ⓘ

Reformation Day → keyFigure → Martin Luther ⓘ

Epistle to the Romans → keyFigureAssociated → Martin Luther ⓘ

Wittenberg → knownFor → Martin Luther ⓘ

Eisleben → namedAfter → Martin Luther ⓘ

Epistle of James → notableCritic → Martin Luther ⓘ

Elisabeth Luther → notableRelative → Martin Luther ⓘ

Paul Luther → notableRelative → Martin Luther ⓘ

Johannes Agricola → opposedBy → Martin Luther ⓘ

Peasants’ War → opposedBy → Martin Luther ⓘ

this entity surface form: Martin Luther (ideologically after 1525)

Thomas Müntzer → opposedBy → Martin Luther ⓘ

Diet of Worms → participant → Martin Luther ⓘ

subject surface form: Diet of Worms (1521)

Frederick the Wise → patronOf → Martin Luther ⓘ

papal bull Exsurge Domine → relatedToPerson → Martin Luther ⓘ

subject surface form: Exsurge Domine

Joseph Fiennes → role → Martin Luther ⓘ

this entity surface form: Martin Luther in Luther

Diet of Worms → significantPerson → Martin Luther ⓘ

subject surface form: Diet of Worms (1521)

Katharina von Bora → spouse → Martin Luther ⓘ

Johannes Agricola → studentOf → Martin Luther ⓘ

Mikael Agricola → studentOf → Martin Luther ⓘ

Ulrich von Hutten → supported → Martin Luther ⓘ

Luther Bible → translator → Martin Luther ⓘ

September Testament → translator → Martin Luther ⓘ

Epistle to the Galatians → usedBy → Martin Luther ⓘ