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Martin Luther
Well-educated, on track to become a lawyer as a teenager. When he was 21, he was traveling on horseback when he was caught in a terrible storm. He thought he was going to die, and cried out saying Save me, St. Anna, and I shall become a monk. He lived, and became a monk very soon. This displays his belief in a personal relationship with God, which was a major part of Lutheranism
The 95 Theses criticized aspects of Catholicism not found in scripture Four years later, he was excommunicated
Luthers teachings
Despite his excommunication, Luther continued to lecture and teach at Univ. of Wittenburg, until a few months after his excommunication when he was placed under Imperial Ban While he was a wanted man he hid at Wartburg Castle, where he translated the New Testament into German. After one year he returned to Wittenburg and taught there for the remainder of his life
Zwingli
Lived at the same time as Luther Received a very good education, influenced by Erasmus (a humanist) Gave up his position of authority unlike Luther who was excommunicated
One generation younger than Luther and Zwingli Luther and Zwingli broke the ice and Calvin continued to make reforms in the church Had a Humanistic education (like Zwingli) Calvins essay Institutes of the Christian Religion defended his beliefs, which were similar to Luthers, and met much less resistance than Luther and Zwingli encountered.
Bibliography
http://www.newadvent.org/ (pages about Luther, Calvin and Zwingli) http://www.ccel.org/l/ (pages about Luther, Calvin and Zwingli)