Based in Miami, Jesus Fomperosa is the managing director of a financial office that meets the needs of clients of ultra high net worth. Originally from Spain, Jesus Fomperosa had a father who was known for translating English works into Spanish, including the book Reformation Europe 1517-1559 by G.R. Elton.
German friar Martin Luther was at the center of the Reformation, having abandoned an education in law to pursue life at a Augustinian monastery in Erfurt. Known for strict obedience to an austere lifestyle of praying, fasting, and confessing, Luther had a reputation for piety long before he gained one for subversion.
A political crisis arose in 1510 that forever altered the young Luther’s worldview. His strictly observant monastery reacted against a decision by then Pope Julius II to bring opposing observant and nonobservant branches of the Augustinian order together.
Luther was the monk selected to defend the monastery’s views against this move in Rome at the general Augustinian council. This proved to be his first and last trip to Rome. He confronted what he saw as spiritual hollowness and corruption, and found conviction in the words of Apostle Paul that “the righteous shall live by faith.”
It was 7 years later when Luther took a public stand against the papal practice of selling “indulgences” that pardoned or lessened people’s sins. Martin Luther’s “Disputation on the Power of Indulgences,” also known as the “Ninety-Five Theses,” launched a reform movement that had wide political and religious repercussions across the European continent.
German friar Martin Luther was at the center of the Reformation, having abandoned an education in law to pursue life at a Augustinian monastery in Erfurt. Known for strict obedience to an austere lifestyle of praying, fasting, and confessing, Luther had a reputation for piety long before he gained one for subversion.
A political crisis arose in 1510 that forever altered the young Luther’s worldview. His strictly observant monastery reacted against a decision by then Pope Julius II to bring opposing observant and nonobservant branches of the Augustinian order together.
Luther was the monk selected to defend the monastery’s views against this move in Rome at the general Augustinian council. This proved to be his first and last trip to Rome. He confronted what he saw as spiritual hollowness and corruption, and found conviction in the words of Apostle Paul that “the righteous shall live by faith.”
It was 7 years later when Luther took a public stand against the papal practice of selling “indulgences” that pardoned or lessened people’s sins. Martin Luther’s “Disputation on the Power of Indulgences,” also known as the “Ninety-Five Theses,” launched a reform movement that had wide political and religious repercussions across the European continent.
