Topic > How Martin Luther Influenced the Renaissance

Although Luther was one of the few who was against the Catholic Church, thanks to his ideas and influence in his writings he managed to acquire people to fight alongside him. Luther began writing scriptures about how the church should be run, but in different dialects. Luther's ideas soon formed the religion of Lutheranism. He had many supporters of all kinds, cities all around were becoming Lutheran because he supported justification “by grace alone, through faith alone, because of Christ alone.” Lutheranism also holds the doctrine of “glory to God alone.” These are two main points that the Catholic Church has not followed. Lutheranism began to become a dominant religion throughout the study of the Reformation. War broke out, starting the Peasants' War, but it only lasted 2 years. After the war, the Peace of Augsburg was signed which formally accepted the division of Christianity into