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 * MARTIN LUTHER**

Martin Luther, a German monk, started the Protestant Reformation with his views on the church. His ideas were explained in his __95 Theses__, which attacked the immoralities of the church. He strongly opposed what the church was doing and explained his answers to four old questions concerning God. He said that salvation through faith and that authority was in the Word of God as explained in the Bible. He also said that the church consisted of all believers and that everybody is equal. Luther's attack on the priests and the church set off a spark in the people that led to the Protestant Reformation.

McKay, John P. __History of Western society__. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003.