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Luther's translation used the variant of German spoken at the Saxon chancellery, intelligible to both northern and southern Germans. He intended his vigorous, direct language to make the Bible accessible to everyday Germans, "for we are removing impediments and difficulties so that other people may read it without hindrance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther

Luther's work fundamentally changed the salvation industry. It obliterated huge swaths of intangible capital that the Catholic Church invested in its organization, including learning Greek and Latin for the sake of understanding the Word of God. It established a new logic of salvation.

Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Scriptures or by clear reason (for I do not trust either in the pope or in councils alone, since it is well known that they have often erred and contradicted themselves), I am bound by the Scriptures I have quoted and my conscience is captive to the Word of God.