Why did Martin Luther change his surname from ‘Luder’ to ‘Luther' very early in his career?
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According to a book by James Nestingen,
On Luther's "Gospel discovery," his "tower experience," I agree with Nestingen (and Lohse) that it probably coincided with his name change from Luder the Luther, "a small change based on the Greek word for freedom, elutherius. I see the similarity as too exceptional simply to explain Luther's name change as merely a respelling from Low/Middle German to High German.
http://www.amazon.com/Martin-Luther-James-A-Nestingen/dp/0800697146
The reason for choosing a word related to "freedom" has to do with the freedom offered by the Gospel.
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"Luther shared many of the feelings and opinions of the humanists concerning the ignorance, pride, andfolly of this decadent scholastic system so intimately entwined with the superstitions, errors, and corruption hehad to face. For that reason he at one time was greatly impressed by humanism — so much that he changed his German name Luder to the Greek Eleutherios...free, liberal, freeing, delivering" (Eckert, O.J., Luther and the Reformation, p16) http://www.wlsessays.net/files/EckertReformation.pdf
'If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.' - John 8:31-32
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Martin Luther could hardly go through life as Martin Luder, as "Luder" is German (and Danish) for "slut, bitch, who*e". What makes you think this had anything to do with audability?! It is just amazing that his father used a name with such a meaning. Check for yourself:
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Perhaps because the German word "Luder" is really not a nice word. It refers to a female that is very obstinate at best and is frequently associated with very questionable morals and behaviors. You can try google translate but the result are probably not suitable for repeating on this site.
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