Luther’s Vision of Reform

For much of the previous five centuries, Martin Luther has been referred to as "the Reformer," the capital letter signaling in English (though this also happens in other languages that do not capitalize all nouns as well) his stature as the church reformer par excellence. Others might have called for reform of the church in 'head and members' but only Luther truly deserves the title of Reformer. But did he actually intend reformation at all? This paper will look at the early Luther, the Luther before the Ninety-Five Theses to see if Luther had a vision of Reformation.