He contributed to the beginning of the reformation mainly by writing the 95 theses. He posted them on a church door in Wittenberg, Germany, on All Saints Eve, October 31.
Luther
Martin Luther is credited with starting the Protestant Reformation in 1517 after publishing The Ninety-Five Theses. It stemmed from malpractice and simony in the Roman Catholic Church.
The Reformation and the Counter Reformation
Martin Luther, on Reformation Day, October 31, nailed his Augsberg Confession to the door of the church setting off the Reformation. The Protestant Reformation had 48 articles of disagreement with the Roman Catholic Church including indulgences, papal authority and salvation as a gift.
Luther
There was really more than one person who started. Of course Luther was big, but there were others who lead to the reformation, John Calvin was a contemporary of Luther, also Gutenberg inventing the printing press was a big catalyst of the reformation. In England, William Tyndale translating the new testament into English was a major even that lead to the reformation and this happened more than one hundred years before the time of Luther.
Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi
decline in the power of the roman catholic church
Decline in the power of the Roman Catholic Church.
It ended segragation..
Excommunication
Peaceful protest.