Martín Lutero educador

Abstract

This article of reflection, derived from researches of the author on the subject, draws a portrait of Luther as an educator, on the occasion of the commemoration of the 500 years of the Protestant Reformation. In direct relation to his educational writings, the author shows how the Lutheran pedagogical reform is only understandable in light of Luther's peculiar personality, his fundamental theological theses and, above all, the events that gave rise to the reformist movement. It describes the Lutheran project of reform, its ideas regarding the compulsory nature of elementary education and the contents of a curriculum focused on the learning of languages, understood as "treasures of the spirit".