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Martin Luther started out as a Catholic monk. He earned a doctorate in theology after aspiring to be a law student as a child. He was sent to teach moral theology and scripture at the University of Wittenburg. He was known as a great teacher and preacher, but felt a sense of unworthiness. During his studies of scriptures, he found a passage (Romans 3:27-28) very informative. "27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith. 28 For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law." He believed the passage's underlying meaning was that faith only in God's mercy is what justifies sinners. Upon making this discovery, Martin Luther began to feel joy, and started to preach this finding unto others.
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