It would beget violence and would even reshape nations and empires, and would paint the panorama of the future in as yet unimaginable colors. But first, Luther had to become a monk. The following morning, accompanied by a number of his friends, who even now persisted in entreating him to change his mind, the young man made his way to the door of the Augustinian cloister of Erfurt and presented himself there to take holy orders.
