Hannah: So Martin, could you answer some questions for my history project please?
Martin: Of course, ask away Hannah.
Hannah: Alright, easy one. When were you born?
Martin: November 10th, 1483. And I was named after St. Martin.
Hannah: What about your childhood? How was that?
Martin: Busy. I studied latin, music, reading and writing. But my hardest subject was by far latin. I was much younger than my fellow classmates at school. Im not sure why, but I was. I went to church pretty regularly, and the bible was all in latin. Something I could understand for the most part. But the priests, when they spoke, it was different than the bible. They said that God was a tough judge, and that they had to pay the church to have their sins forgiven. But since the people couldn’t understand latin, they trusted the priests.
Hannah: That’s awful! Especially for priests!
Martin: Isnt it? I soon became a monk. I really started to study the bible then. I found that God was rather forgiving. He wasn’t what the priests were saying at all. I was furious at the church. They needed to be honest to the peasants. It wasn’t fair to them. I tried to let people know that just being a truly good human and believing meant that God would forgive you for your sins. I soon became known as the “ Father of the Protestant Reformation”. That began on October 31st of 1517. I wrote the bible in german so that all of the peasants could understand it, without lies. Then they could read it themselves. It really began to catch on. A lot of the new churches started to follow the true bible. I had a dream that I could change the world. But my end came sooner than I expected, I died in 1546. My dream did come true, just not in my lifetime.
Hannah: That’s great of you to care so much about the peasants. I bet the really appreciated that.
Martin: It felt good and right. But I must be off. Farewell dearest Hannah.
Hannah: Bye Martin!
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