Martin Luther

One of the main reformers of the Protestant Reformation was Martin Luther. He believed in interpreting the bible on your own and that you don't need clergy from the Roman Catholic Church. He believed the key to salvation was reading the Bible and having faith, not by preforming good deeds and "donating" money to the church. There was also a story told that he nailed the 95 thesis on the Catholic Church for everybody to see after he saw one of the bishops of the church selling indulgences on the street. He translaed the Bible from Italian to German, converted the New Testament, and was able to convert Germans to follow him. Also, he had a rival who was a reformer named Zwingli who believed in reading the Bible literally so he didn't agree to his ideas.