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Martin Luther ( 10 November 1483  18 February 1546 ), O . S . A ., was a ___MASK60___ professor of theology , composer , priest , monk and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation . Luther came to reject several teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church . He strongly disputed the claim that freedom from God ' s punishment for sin could be purchased with money , proposing an academic discussion of the practice and efficacy of indulgences in his " Ninety - five Theses " of 1517 . His refusal to renounce all of his writings at the demand of Pope Leo X in 1520 and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms in 1521 resulted in his excommunication by the Pope and condemnation as an outlaw by the Emperor . Caspar Creuziger or Caspar Cruciger the Elder ( 1 January 1504 - 16 November 1548 ) was a ___MASK60___ humanist . He was professor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg , preacher at the Castle Church ( Wittenberg , Germany ) , secretary to and worked with Martin Luther to revise Luther ' s ___MASK60___ Bible translation . In 1524 he married the former nun Elisabeth von Meseritz - they had one daughter ( Elisabeth , who married rector Kegel and then , on his death , Luther ' s son Hans in Eisleben ) and one son ( Caspar Cruciger the Younger ) . The Protestant Reformation , often referred to simply as the Reformation ( from ___MASK19___ " reformatio ", " restoration , renewal "), was a schism from the Roman Catholic Church initiated by Martin Luther and continued by John Calvin , Huldrych Zwingli , and other early Protestant Reformers in 16th century Europe . Timing most commonly used for this period is from 1517 ( the Ninety - five Theses are published by Martin Luther ) to 1648 ( Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years ' War ).