Apart from dodging getting burned on the stake by the papacy,

The king who allowed him his freedom to operate benefited from the attention he drew to the region iirc

Also, the church was tithing king, commoner, and peasant. A lot of people had good reason to stop wealth from leaving Germany and going into Italian coffers. Right time, right place, right message.

>>1678188
He translated the Bible into German and existed after Guttemberg so he could spread his translation easier

He called the jews out on their shit unlike all the other christian good goy sheeple before him

Ties with the nobility who didn't want to give any money or control to Rome

>>1678188
>Was it that it occurred in the HRE
the sale of indulgences.

>what made him so different from earlier reformers?
He conceived the freedom of conscience, the idea that it is wrong, not right, to kill somebody because of what he believes.

Sola Fide

Sola Scriptura

>>1678205

This, he had powerful friends who could actual challenge the papacy and who were sick doing the popes bidding.
That's also why he condemned the Anababtist movement, because the lords were the only thing keeping him from the hands of the Catholic Church.

Talking smack about the people who keep you safe doesn't fare well in the long run

>>1678188
Luther was a smarter politician and opportunist, not just a religious nutjob.
However, he was also lucky to be just in the right place where powerful people existed with whom he could ally and who also happened to not like the Pope very much.

>>1678519
>He conceived the freedom of conscience, the idea that it is wrong, not right, to kill somebody because of what he believes.
Didn't he advocate wholesale slaughter of Jews?