Explain Why Martin Luther Was Successful

In the United States, when voting currently people tend to vote for a person they have similar beliefs in or share values with. If a person wants change they want to follow a person who has similar beliefs. During the sixteenth century people did the same thing, in a different way. People chose to follow the person they could most relate to, which is why Martin Luther was so successful. Martin Luther’s call for a new kind of Christianity was so successful because of his religious disagreements with the church matched views of people in other social classes.
Martin Luther believed that the church was not following the plan originally set out for them many years ago. Luther believed that indulgences were just the church using people for their
This even changed the minds of the German princes who were in positions to one day possibly lead the country. They did not believe people should have to pay the church and still pay the government. While Luther had a religious disagreement the Princes of Germany had an economic disagreement. “…that comes with a salary paid by the papacy], especially in Germany, into Roman hands and to compel us to buy back or lease these benefices from Rome. This is against both statutory law and equity.”(DOC.3) While people working for the papacy did get paid it was unfair they paid taxes right back.
Luther’s beliefs even matched even those of the middle class. As shown in document four again there was a high need for, money to be freshly minted. There was a line of people so this matched his belief that they were just taking the people’s money. They were giving everything they had for a belief the church spread that was really making them loose their money.
In conclusion the Protestant Reformation was successful because his critiques were able to relate to those of people in other social classes. Without him being able to relate to those his beliefs would have never spread and there would have never been a