Overview: Martin Luther, father of the Protestant Reformation (1483 - 1546). Luther's reforms not only brought about another religion but also a new era. At this time period, if one spoke out against the church, he/she was considered to be an outsider, which is what Luther eventually became. Trying to change the bad habits and rid the Church of its bad reputation, Luther's ideas were in conflict with the Church and mounting support made him a …showed first 75 words of 2827 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2827 total…between them a true marriage - indeed the most perfect of all marriages, since human marriages are but poor examples of this one true marriage - it follows that everything they have they hold in common, the good as well as the evil. Accordingly the believing soul can boast of and glory in whatever Christ has as though it were its own, and whatever the soul has Christ claims as his own." (Luther, Pp. 18 - 19).