When Martin Luther was a young boy he was raised in a strict household where he endured harsh punishment by not only his father but his mother as well. His life was centered around the church and he was an alter boy as well as a member in the choir. His father had a very particular way he intended his son to grow up, he was to attend the best schools and become a lawyer. Luther took his studies very seriously while in college but nearing graduation the black plague struck and because of how it spread throughout the cities it was seen to be an act of punishment by God. While the plague was moving he was heading back home to visit his parents and got himself stuck in a near death experience in a thunderstorm. In these moments Martin vowed to God that if He spared him that he would become a monk. Martin lived and held up to his vows and went against his parents and joined the Augustinian monastery. The Augustinian monastery was a very strict monastery, the monks wore uncomfortable clothing, ate minimally, and had to be present and pray at certain times everyday and every night. He thought that this was the best place for him to separate from Earthly pleasures and devote himself completely to God. While this may be what he thought going into the monastery it isn’t what he felt he was getting out of it so he went to Rome for pilgrimage which instead of helping him feel closer it just angered him that the Papacy was overly concerned with money and material objects. This just confused him more and made him doubt his relationship with God and unsure of what he was doing there. Later becoming a priest and having to teach others the word of the Lord frightened him because he became more aware of his true feelings towards God which turned into hatred. He discovered something in Romans 1:17 that people didn’t earn their way into heaven with their righteous acts but instead it was God who saved them. This new idea was very different than the current views at the time because by saying this it meant that the church was not needed to be the middle man for an individual and God but instead the relationship could just be as is without the church. Martin Luther saw a lot wrong with the church but when he realized Pope Leo was selling forgiveness to make himself better off was when Luther wrote and published his Ninety-five Theses which talked about the wrongfulness of selling forgiveness when it wasn’t the churches to sell. The church was not happy with what he had done and wanted to get rid of it before it corrupted too many. But, because his work was printed on the new technology, the printing press, it made it easily accessible to all. Martin Luther’s theses sparked the feud between his followers and the church was the starting point for the reformation.