When the younger King was 5 years old, his father decided to change both their names after learning more about 16th-century theologian Martin Luther, who was one of the key figures of the ...

In 1934, after King Sr. attended an international Baptist conference in Germany where he became inspired by the teachings of 16th-century religious thinker Martin Luther, he changed both his name ...

If I am immoderate, at least I am simple and open." Martin Luther on Protestantism (1520). The 16th century was the age of the European Reformation: a religious conflict between Protestants and ...

Timothy West is Martin Luther The other X-factor in the search ... In Germany they borrowed a replica 16th century printing press from the Luther museum and found a local printer able to use ...

(JTA) — Germany’s main Protestant body distanced itself from the anti-Semitism of its founder, Martin ... the 16th-century theologian’s calls to persecute and banish Jews. Luther had wanted ...

To understand why, we need to travel back in time. It was in 16th-century Germany that Martin Luther – composer, theologian, priest and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation ...