Martin Luther

Germany and really Europe as a whole was overrun by Priests, Popes, Monks and authority figures of the Holy Roman Empire and the Church. Those in power commanded with their money and especially through fear. Martin Luther was a single-minded man; quite simple in his undertakings. He was someone who lived through writing, reading, learning and teaching. Throughout his years he sought to find the most efficient ways to bring light to the people and show them how to live with their own personal clear consciouses. With the help of the printing press he wrote books upon books that cut straight to the heart of the wrongdoings of the Church and State in the wittiest, most profound and funny ways. He created a clear pathway through his writings to help the common people find an understanding of religious and personal freedoms, as well as revealing to the Church that he was not a man to be swayed by their power. Instead he spent his time refusing to bow to the Church, stating through his words and actions that he would not live in fear but rather by personal choice of a freedom that he created and withheld. Over time his writings and actions proved him a man of great publicity, one whom, not just Germany but the world would find him to be of great skill, integrity and true power; a power that found him a celebrity. He had a mind filled with an innate sense of belonging and understanding who he was as a person and what he could and would do with his talents, ideas and ideals. He was not a man of corruption but rather one who utilized and stretched his understandings of religion, people, the Church and State, as well as those highest in authority to the fullest extent. Martin Luther was a man seen as above all men and yet desired most to be a light for those to find their own selves.

After appearing before the whole of power throughout all of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire, Luther continued to refuse his commands to both be excommunicated as well as to repeal his name from his books. He was granted the permission to live and able to travel home. On his way he was taken to safety at an abandoned castle. In his absence the people and authority figures rose up against the Church and State, becoming violent and destructive. Upon his return Luther realized just how much his writings had affected the people; also realizing that what he never wanted was a revolt. But, as a revolutionist Martin Luther became an icon, a symbol of hope, freedom and essentially a beacon of light. His teachings and writings affected the entire world, evolving the Church and what it meant to have not only religious freedom, but freedom of the conscious and the soul.