An historic and comprehensive biography of early Christianity s most influential leader of the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther. Controversial and visionary, Luther s life is revealed in this rare presentation of his work as an educator and church leader. From his birth and childhood, to his religious education, and the events leading up to the Protestant Reformation, you will discover the views and experiences that led to his excommunication by the Pope in 1520. Correspondence and accounts shed further light on Luther s defiant translation of the Bible from Latin to the language of the common man. This unique biography is reproduced from an 1850 American Sunday School Union original, and in it you will be introduced to the pivotal life of this enigmatic man before, during, and after one of Christianity s defining events.