Who Is Martin Luther?

The movie, Luther, explains the early years of Martin Luther’s life, from him being a monk to the Augsburgs Confession. Martin Luther is an intelligent young man who is studying law in the 16th century Germany when all of a sudden he was faced with death during a lightning storm. After this incident, he promised to God that he will follow a spiritual path and join a Catholic ministry to become a monk. With the help of his father, Hans Luther, Luther became a member of the monastery. Johann seemed like he could really trust Luther and by trusting him, he asked him to join him on a trip to Rome as part of church business. When arriving in Rome, Luther did not like the practices of the church officials. For instance, he was extremely appalled
Peter’s Basilica. To pay for it, Johann Tetzel was sent away to sell indulgences to the wealthy and the poor. After seeing the effects of John Tetzel, Luther gets extremely angry and wrote an essay on the corruption of the church called, “95 theses”, which he nails to the church door. After he got his message across around Europe, he is hunted down by the church who threatened to tear the church in half. When Luther does not confess to what he has done, he has kidnapped by Prince Frederick and keeps him in Wartburg Castle. When Luther escapes the castle, he finishes translating the New Testament into German. He eventually meets a nun named Katharine and marries her. The Emperor Charles calls all of the princes to settle what began at Worms. They speak for the truth of Luther’s 95 theses. That’s when the Protestant’s Reformation is
It shows in a dramatic way, how Luther’s faith towards God changed the history of the entire world. I think that the movie portrayed Luther’s character very well; as a man of God and cared very much about his people. However, I thought that Luther was kind of racist and he believed that his “religion” was far more superior than Catholic or any other religion. For example, the scene with the poor woman and her crippled child who constantly follow Luther around and worship in mute. This example suggests that Luther’s charm is so powerful, it can work like miracles. The fact that we see Luther as someone with healing powers seems a little too extreme for most people, including myself. Going back to his racism, he made some remarks throughout the movie about different cultures. He was just trying to get the point across that he believed that Christianity was the best religion, but it was awfully rude. He didn’t really seem to care about the other religions or what people had to say about them. In regards to Luther’s personality, he was very open minded. That would explain why he almost went insane when the people did not enjoy or believe his 95