Libro que puede servir de ejemplo para ilustrar las �ltimas pol�micas que sostuvo el Dr. Lutero, en este caso contra un destacado pr�ncipe del bando cat�lico en Alemania, el duque Enrique el Joven, de Braunschweig-Wolfenb�ttel. La guerra de panfletos entre este pr�ncipe cat�lico y los dos l�deres de la Liga de Esmalcalda, el pr�ncipe-elector Juan Federico de Sajonia y el landgrave Felipe de Hesse, hab�a comenzado en la primavera de 1538 por motivos pol�ticos y territoriales. Lutero, que al principio se hab�a mantenido al margen de esta pol�mica, no tuvo m�s remedio de entrar en ella cuando el duque Enrique le acuso de llamar a su se�or "Juan Salchicha." Para defenderse a s� mismo de tal acusaci�n y a su se�or territorial, Lutero aplic� dicho nombre al propio duque Enrique, atac� a �ste por ser un agente del papa, y de paso aprovech� para diferenciar entre la verdadera y santa Iglesia de Cristo (representada por los Reformados) y la iglesia del diablo (representada por el papa y sus ac�litos).
Martin Luther changed the course of Western civilization by initiating the Protestant Reformation. As a priest and theology professor, he confronted indulgence salesmen with his 95 Theses in 1517. Luther strongly disputed their claim that freedom from God's punishment of sin could be purchased with money. His refusal to retract all of his writings at the demand of Pope Leo X in 1520 and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms meeting in 1521 resulted in his excommunication by the pope and condemnation as an outlaw by the emperor.
Luther taught that salvation is a free gift of God and received only by grace through faith in Jesus as redeemer from sin, not from good works. His theology challenged the authority of the pope of the Roman Catholic Church by teaching that the Bible is the only source of divinely revealed knowledge and opposed sacerdotalism by considering all baptized Christians to be a holy priesthood.
His translation of the Bible into the language of the people (instead of Latin) made it more accessible, causing a tremendous impact on the church and on German culture. It fostered the development of a standard version of the German language, added several principles to the art of translation, and influenced the translation into English of the King James Bible. His hymns inspired the development of singing in churches. His marriage to Katharina von Bora set a model for the practice of clerical marriage, allowing Protestant priests to marry.
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