Question

a German Catholic priest of the Late Middle Ages, was the first reformer of Western Christianity to gain a large following and to survive. The movement he founded ultimately created the Protestant branch of Christianity

Answer 1

Answer: It was Martin Luther

Step-by-step explanation:

Martin Luther was a German monk, theologian, university professor, priest, father of Protestantism, and church reformer. His ideas started the Protestant Reformation. Luther taught that the gift of getting saved is a free gift of God and received only through true faith in Jesus as redeemer from sin.