Luther
Mar·tin [mahr-tn; German mahr-teen], /ˈmɑr tn; German ˈmɑr tin/, 1483–1546, German theologian and author: leader, in Germany, of the Protestant Reformation.
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “famous” and “army.”
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How to use Luther in a sentence
But his words felt forced and were belied his 2004 vote to oppose marking Martin Luther King Jr.
Steve Scalise Shows There’s a Fine Line Between Confederate & Southern | Lloyd Green | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe last film about Martin Luther King was made for television in 1977.
Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’ | Gary May | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 2004, for example, Scalise voted “no” on a resolution to make Martin Luther King Jr.
No. 3 Republican Admits Talking to White Supremacist Conference | Tim Mak | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMartin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Oskar Schindler—these names come readily to mind when we think of heroes of conscience.
The Catholic Philosopher Who Took on Hitler | John Henry Crosby | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is admittedly a loaded question, but do you feel James Earl Ray really killed Martin Luther King Jr.?
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Martin Luther was a child of his time also as a boon companion.
German Culture Past and Present | Ernest Belfort BaxMartin Luther made a sacrifice hit when he went to Worms, although he feared the Pope would kill him.
Fifty-Two Story Talks To Boys And Girls | Howard J. ChidleyMartin Luther was a great fighter, but not a more heroic one than Giordano Bruno.
Flowers of Freethought | George W. FooteThis sort of superstition was devotedly respected by even such men as Martin Luther.
Traditions, Superstitions and Folk-lore | Charles HardwickBut generations before Martin Luther the work for the harvest of coming ages was begun.
British Dictionary definitions for Luther
/ (ˈluːθə) /
Martin. 1483–1546, German leader of the Protestant Reformation. As professor of biblical theology at Wittenberg University from 1511, he began preaching the crucial doctrine of justification by faith rather than by works, and in 1517 he nailed 95 theses to the church door at Wittenberg, attacking Tetzel's sale of indulgences. He was excommunicated and outlawed by the Diet of Worms (1521) as a result of his refusal to recant, but he was protected in Wartburg Castle by Frederick III of Saxony (1521–22). He translated the Bible into German (1521–34) and approved Melanchthon's Augsburg Confession (1530), defining the basic tenets of Lutheranism
Derived forms of Luther
- Lutherism, noun
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