Background
Martin Luther is one of the most famous reformers ever recorded in history. It was his bravery and spirit that changed the former “rational” view of society in terms of religion. Back in the 1400s, most, if not all, people believed that freedom from having to pay for your own sins could easily be bought with money. So, priests and friars from different regions had this belief that as long as an individual has enough money to pay for his sins, he could be saved from the wrath of God. Thus, buying of indulgences was invented. The proliferation of ...