Martin Luther The Great Reformer is a story told by others who knew this great man named Martin Luther. Some of these people followed him while others wanted to persecute him becuase he dared to challenge the church and its practices. This book is an account of Maritn Luther's life and how he came to the realization that the Roman Catholic Church had some reforming to do. This book also speaks of all the trails and misunderstandings that Martin Luther had throughout his life as a monk and the rebellion against the Roman Church.
The author explains Martin's life as a child who spent most of his childhood in Germany. His family was not wealthy but they were a devoted and religious people. They taught Martin about the most important thing on Earth and that is to know God and to do His Will. That is exactly what Martin Luther did later on in his l
Martin, however, would not leave it alone and made it his lifes' goal to change this minsunderstanding of God's Word. He wanted to show the Catholic Church where they were wrong in their teaching of God's word. This did not make many members of the church very happy. They truly believed that their practices were exactly the way the Bible and God said they should be. In fact, they wanted Martin to shut up and forget this foolery of his.
Martin believed that he needed to pursue this issue to the limit, no matter what the cost to himself would be. However, he soon found out that he was putting his life on the line. At one point, certain members of the Catholic church began threatening his life and Martin had to go into hiding in order to save hisself. The church did not take kindly to anyone who 'disagreed' with them or who 'stirred up trouble' with the local congregations and the
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