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Martin Luther

German priest, theologian and author (1483–1546)

Not to be confused with Martin Luther King Jr.For other uses, see Martin Luther (disambiguation).

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Martin Luther

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Martin Luder


10 November 1483

Eisleben, County of Mansfeld, Holy Roman Empire

Died18 February 1546(1546-02-18) (aged 62)

Eisleben, County of Mansfeld, Holy Roman Empire

EducationUniversity of Erfurt (Artium Baccalaureus, 1502; Artium Magister, 1505)
University of Wittenberg (Biblicus Baccalaureus in Bible, 1508; Sententiarius Baccalaureus in Sentences, 1509; Theologiæ Doctor in Bible, 1512)
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Martin LutherOSA (LOO-thər;[1]German:[ˈmaʁtiːnˈlʊtɐ]; 10 November 1483[2] – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and Augustinian friar.[3] Luther was the seminal figure of t

Fred Luter

Former president of the Southern Baptist Convention

Fred J. Luter Jr. (born November 11, 1956, in New Orleans) is an American Baptist pastor. He is the senior pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, based in New Orleans. He was the president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 2012 to 2014.

Early life

Luter was born on November 11, 1956, in New Orleans. [1] He was the middle child of five siblings and, after his parents divorced, was largely brought up single-handedly by his seamstress mother Viola Luter.

Ministry

Luter had begun his ministry in 1977 in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward after he suffered a motorcycle accident. He has credited his motorcycling misadventure as his "road to Damascus moment"—his analogy to the conversion of Saul of Tarsus.[2][3] He began as a street preacher at the corner of Caffin and Galvez. During his streetpreaching days Luter observed a need to draw men, particularly fathers, into his evangelistic appeal by urging events which attract male interest, on one occasion, in 1981, h

Martin Luther

1. Luther’s Life and Works

Luther lived an interesting life in interesting times—where to a significant degree those times were made interesting by his life’s impact upon them. This impact began with the publication of his Ninety-Five Theses on 31 October 1517, in which as a young professor at Wittenberg he attacked the Church’s doctrine of indulgences as falling short of a true Biblical understanding of penance; this was then followed by various further disputations and disputes as well as published works that defended his increasingly radical position, leading to his excommunication in 1521 and his famously defiant appearance at the Diet of Worms. Managing to escape capture under the protection of Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony, and after a period of seclusion at Wartburg castle, Luther returned to Wittenberg, where he continued his teaching, writing and translating; married; and engaged with the complex and fraught swirl of forces unleashed by his work at various levels—in theology, in the Church, in politics, and in socie

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