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This essay is about how Martin Luther was the most influential person in western civilization.
The Influence of Martin Luther
."..I felt that I was a sinner before God with an extremely disturbed conscience. I could not believe that He was placated by my [acts of penance]. I did not love, yes, I hated the righteous God who punishes sinners" (Noble, 308). This statement is where it all began. Martin Luther's belief in this remark lead to his search for God, which would eventually change the course of history and the current society by changing people's views of the church and attempting to reconstruct the church's values and morals.
The great reformer Martin Luther could not come to terms with a God that would accept indulgences or any other form of acquiring merit in order to receive salvation. Martin Luther came to believe that God gave him the ability to understand the.....
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