The Reformation - Luther

Martin Luther was a believer who saw the imperfections in the Catholic church and the religion itself. The Catholic church would sell indulgences to its believers which were supposed to forgive any and all sins that they have committed. Luther believed that this was a false assumption and that the church was just using the believers for their money, and that the indulgences wouldn't actually resolve anything. Luther firmly believed that the money being spent by the people were not even going to the church but rather the priests were pocketing it for their own fortunes. Luther then posted the ninety-five theses which were the ninety-five things he believed to be wrong with the Catolic church and the religion. He posted these on the church door and they were quickly copied and spread around to anybody and everybody who would read them. People believed that his ideas were right because they made more sense than the church's ideas.