Martin Luther King Jr. is a name that is known nationally and internationally. He is a leader that is looked up to; a respected man for the work that he was able to complete throughout his lifetime. According to Funk & Wagnalls New World Encylopedia (2014), “Mr. King was an American clergyman and Nobel laureate, prominent leader of the American civil rights movement, who also advocated nonviolent resistance to racial oppression.” King wanted to use his position not to belittle ones around him and
Christian. It outlines a system of Christian ethics based off the teachings of the New Testament. The idea of Christian Humanism spread throughout Northern Europe, Italy, and Spain. He can be considered a modernist because of this idea. People like Martin Luther believed that religion was the only option. He was a great philosopher as well as a great writer. He mastered the use of language and grammar. His literature was colorful with many ideas of his own put in to turn his work into something with
happened mainly due to the fact that the reformers were disorganized and that they lacked a real platform about the changes that were to be adopted. Furthermore, there was no open challenge to the authority of the Church. Yet, this all changed when Martin Luther, according to university custom, posted in 1517 the Ninety-Five Theses, which he had composed in Latin, on the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg. There is disagreement and maybe a lack of factual information if the nailing of the theses