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What role did the printing press play in Luther’s reform of the church?
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Role of the importance of the printing press, was used to print the Ninety-Five thesis, became famous in Western cultural history, because it was the first modern media event. The printing press was also important because in some ways the printing press made its debut as vehicle of arousing popular feeling and popular thought through the Ninety-Five thesis. The Ninety-Five thesis was printed and sold and translated into German. One man’s idea spread fast. More than fifty years after the invention of the printing press Martin Luther made a tremendous impact on Western history, by using the printing press it could be used to influence ideas. And those who could not read, heard from others content. This hot news item affected the hearts and souls of people lives. Bothe the Protestant and Catholic propagandists made use of the printing press as a means of influencing the public. Protestants used printing press to expand revolutionary theological material. Catholic Church produced large quantities of anti-Reformation texts. The role of the printing press was used as a valuable tool, it was the media of those days. Word got out fast and spread like wild fire.
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01212022 The advent of the printing press helped Luther to promote the reform of the church by a) Putting in place a mechanism for selling of his ‘theses’ to those whom would buy them, read them and help him to further his theological work of the times. b) It placed his theological education into the hands of the few people of the populace whom were able to read;and thus made them trained ambassadors of a sort in communicating with those whom weren’t literate enough themselves to comprehend his arguments.
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The invention of the printing press was fairly new to Luther’s time. He saw immediately its worth as a way of distributing information to as many people as possible. He could also verify what was being printed. Without the printing press it would have taken decades to disseminate information. ML used it to distribute postils, adult and children’s education materials. He found it an excellent way to get the message to the people regardless of the Catholic Church’s wishes.