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=== Pre-Monk Years ===  

=== Pre-Monk Years ===  

In 1505, Martin Luther was a law student caught outside in the middle of a thunderstorm.  A bolt of [[lightning]] struck the ground near him.  Terrified, he cried out to St. Anne for protection and promised to become a [[monk]] if he survived the storm.  He did survive, and then left law school to join an Augustinian monastery.<ref>''Encyclopedia of Religion:Volume 8 Ka'Bah-Marx, Karl, 2nd Ed., Lindsay Jones (editor), Macmillan Reference USA, 2005 Thomson Gale</ref>

In 1505, Martin Luther was a law student caught outside in the middle of a thunderstorm.  A bolt of [[lightning]] struck the ground near him.  Terrified, he cried out to St. Anne for protection and promised to become a [[monk]] if he survived the storm.  He did survive, and then left law school to join an Augustinian monastery.<ref name=Jones>''Encyclopedia of Religion:Volume 8 Ka'Bah-Marx, Karl, 2nd Ed., Lindsay Jones (editor), Macmillan Reference USA, 2005 Thomson Gale</ref>

=== Years in the Catholic Monastery ===

=== Years in the Catholic Monastery ===

At the monastery, Martin Luther felt plagued by the [[devil]] and began to realize how corrupt the [[Catholic church]] had become, being especially disenchanted during a trip to [[Rome]].  He began to form his own opinions about the [[Bible]].

On February 27, 1507, after two years in the Monastery, Luther was ordained a Roman-Catholic priest. In later life he recounted how wonderfully awesome an experience his first celebration of Mass as a Roman-Catholic priest was.  In the fall of 1508, his Monastery superior Johann von Staupitz requested that Luther begin graduate studies in theology at the then new University of Wittenberg..<ref name=Jones/>

 

=== Founding of Protestantism ===

=== Founding of Protestantism ===