WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The clash between Luther and the Catholic Church in Rome was also history’s first “media event.” Johannes Gutenberg’s development of the moveable-type printing press about seventy-five years earlier had a profound impact on the spread of Luther’s thought.

Detailed explanation-2: -Prior to the invention of the printing press, all communications had to be written by hand, a very long and expensive process. The printing press allowed Luther to mass-produce his ideas, such as his ‘’95 Theses” that criticized the Catholic Church, and to spread these ideas throughout Europe.

Detailed explanation-3: -The printing press helped spread Martin Luther’s ideas as it printed and spread the 95 Theses.

Detailed explanation-4: -Q: How was Martin Luther impacted by the printing press? The printing press disseminated the work of the Catholic Priest Martin Luther, including his magnum opus, Ninety-Five Theses, which allowed the Protestant Reformation to spread like Wildfire.

Detailed explanation-5: -Under his influence, it did gel. The crucial text is his Bible: the New Testament, translated from the original Greek and published in 1523, followed by the Old Testament, in 1534, translated from the Hebrew. Had he not created Protestantism, this book would be the culminating achievement of Luther’s life.