Question 1

True or false: Luther believed that faith alone, not good works, grants salvation.

Accepted Answer

True. This core Protestant doctrine, 'sola fide,' was central to his break with the Catholic Church.

Question 2

True or false: Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the church door in Wittenberg in 1517.

Accepted Answer

True. This iconic act is historically accepted, though some debate the exact date; it sparked the Reformation.

Question 3

True or false: Luther's translation of the Bible into German heavily influenced the modern German language.

Accepted Answer

True. His 1534 translation unified regional dialects and set a standard for written German.

Question 4

True or false: Martin Luther was excommunicated by Pope Leo X in 1521.

Accepted Answer

True. The papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem formally excommunicated him after he refused to recant.

Question 5

True or false: Luther was a lifelong celibate monk who never married.

Accepted Answer

False. He married former nun Katharina von Bora in 1525, had six children, and championed clerical marriage.

Question 6

True or false: Luther removed several books from the Bible that he disliked, including Hebrews and Revelation.

Accepted Answer

False. He questioned their canonicity in prefaces but never officially removed them; they stayed in his translation.

Question 7

True or false: Luther defended Jewish people and argued for their equality with Christians.

Accepted Answer

False. Later in life, he wrote viciously anti-Semitic tracts, calling for synagogues to be burned.

Question 8

True or false: Luther was a key leader in the Peasants' War, supporting the rebels.

Accepted Answer

False. He condemned the peasants in his 1525 tract 'Against the Murderous, Thieving Hordes of the Peasants.'

Martin Luther Trivia Questions