Luther
Ninety-five theses author
Luther is a German surname meaning "lute player" or "army people," most famously associated with Martin Luther, the 16th-century theologian whose protests against Catholic Church practices launched the Protestant Reformation.
The name later gained prominence through Martin Luther King Jr., the American civil rights leader.
Luther also appears as a masculine given name: My uncle Luther lives in Milwaukee.
Reformation's starting point
- indulgencesExcessive self-granted pleasures
- excommunicationFormal barring from sacraments
- Diet of WormsImperial council in Germany
- papal authorityPope's ruling capacity
heresy · iconoclasm · schism · Augsburg Confession · Protestant · church reform · printing press · pamphlets
Reformation-era Christian movement
- WittenbergReformation's starting point
- German languageGermanic speech of central Europe
- Bible translationScriptures rendered into vernacular
- hymnodySacred song tradition
Reason proving rightness
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- sacramentsSacred Christian rites
catechism · original sin · penance · repentance · sanctification · atonement · righteousness · redemption
Clergy's worship address
- pulpitChurch speaking platform
- homileticsScience of sermon-making
- scriptureSacred religious writings
- gospelSacred choral tradition
congregation · liturgy · hymns · chorale · worship · devotion · pastoral · ordination
Open resistance to authority
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- challengeTest of ability
- confrontationDirect hostile encounter
monk · Augustinian · radical · conflict · condemnation · outlaw · controversy · polemics
Wittenberg
Reformation's starting point
- indulgencesExcessive self-granted pleasures
- excommunicationFormal barring from sacraments
- Diet of WormsImperial council in Germany
papal authority · heresy · iconoclasm · schism · Augsburg Confession · Protestant · church reform · printing press · pamphlets · disputations
Protestantism
Reformation-era Christian movement
- WittenbergReformation's starting point
- German languageGermanic speech of central Europe
- Bible translationScriptures rendered into vernacular
justification
Reason proving rightness
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
sacraments · catechism · original sin · penance · repentance · sanctification · atonement · righteousness · redemption · dogma
sermon
Clergy's worship address
- pulpitChurch speaking platform
- homileticsScience of sermon-making
- scriptureSacred religious writings
gospel · congregation · liturgy · hymns · chorale · worship · devotion · pastoral · ordination · clergy
defiance
Open resistance to authority
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- challengeTest of ability
confrontation · monk · Augustinian · radical · conflict · condemnation · outlaw · controversy · polemics · provocateur
- German cultureOktoberfest, Bavaria, Bavarian, Berlin, Munich
- church historychurch history, apostles, Protestant Reformation, Christian history, baptism
- German HistoryNazi, Prussia, Saxony, Reichstag, Napoleonic Wars
- ProtestantismProtestantism, Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Protestant faith
- Christian ScholarsAugustine, Aquinas, Thomas Aquinas, Jerome, Athanasius
- Reformation FiguresJohn Calvin, Thomas Cranmer, Calvin, Knox
Lutherpapal authority
Pope's ruling capacity
Pope · Thomas More · Counter-Reformation · Council of Trent · Holy Roman Emperor
- Martin Luther KingCivil rights movement leader
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Martin LutherProtestant Reformation founder
- Martin Luther King Jr. DayHoliday for nonviolence advocate
- Luther Vandross
- Lutheran ChurchProtestant denomination from 1500s reform