Martin Luther as the Pioneer of the Protestant Reformation This is what I’d been asking to do. Write an essay on Martin Luther as a pioneer of the Protestant Reformation.

Why did he rebel against the Roman Catholic Church? How did his theological view differ from those of orthodox Catholics? If he was a rebel, why didn’t he support the German peasant revolt?

Martin Luther as the Pioneer of the Protestant Reformation Textbook

Western Civilization, Eleventh Edition

Ideas, Politics, and Society

Volume I: To 1789. Martin Luther, (born November 10, 1483, Eisleben, Saxony [Germany]—died February 18, 1546, Eisleben), German theologian and religious reformer who was the catalyst of the 16th-century Protestant Reformation.