Martin Luther
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Martin Luther
Martin Luther was a German theologian and religious reformer that had a great
impact on not only religion but also on politics, economics, education and
language. Martin Luther was born in the town of Eisleben, Germany, on November
10, 1483, (Encarta 1). His father Hans Luther, was a worker in the copper mines
in Mansfield. His mother was Margaret. Martin grew up in a home where parents
prayed faithfully to the saints and taught their children to do the same. His
father and mother loved their children dearly, but were also very strict with
them. Luther said, "my father once whipped me so that I ran away and felt
ugly toward him until he was at pains to win me back. …My mother once beat me
until the blood flowed, for having stolen a miserable nut." (Luther 31)
When Martin was five years old, he went to school in Mansfeld, where his parents
had moved about a year after he was born. The subjects taught at this school was
the Ten Commandments, the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, church music, together with
some Latin and arithmetic. (Catholic Encyclopedia 1) The sad part of the
instruction was that Martin and his fellow pupils learned little about the love
of God. They learned to know Jesus, not as the Friend of sinners, but as the
Judge. They feared Jesus, but did not love him. "The schoolmasters in my
days were tyrants and executioners; the schools were jails and hells! And in
spite of fear and misery, floggings and tremblings, nothing was learned,"
Luther said. (Luther 31) Despite the conditions at Mansfield, Martin learned
rapidly, for he was a bright boy and studied diligently. At the age of twelve he
was admitted to the Latin High School at Magdeburg, sixty miles from his home.
Here, for the first time, Luther found a Bible. Most of his teachers at
Magdeburg were members of the Brethren of the Common Life. This is the first
place where he feels his first desire to enter into the religious community. The
next year his father transferred him to a school on Eisenach, wishing him to
become a lawyer. Here a young woman, Mrs. Ursala Cotta, took a special liking to
him. At one time, when a group of boys was singing before her house, she invited
Martin in and offered him free lodging. He accepted. He received free meals in
another house where he taught a young child of the family. Luther was now free
to devote more time to his studies. Since the Cotta family was a cultured
family, Luther's stay in this home taught him to appreciate such things as music
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