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Martin Luther was born in Eisleben, Germany in 1483, the son of a successful thuringian miner of rural origin. He attended the Latin School in Mansfeld from 1488 onwards, continuing his education in Magdeburg and later in Eisenach. Between 1501 and 1505 Luther began his studies at the University of Erfurt. Where he joined the law faculty because of the encouragement of his parents. In 1505, however, he made a decision that changed the course of his life radically: he decided to enter the Augustinian monastery in Erfurt after a near death experience in a lighting storm.He cried out to Saint Anne for help, promising to enter the monastery if he escaped death. This decision shaped the rest of his life, and his search for a merciful God and His Will to develop the Reformation of the Church. Luther’s reformation of the church began in 1517 with a solid foundation provided by Germ