The Reformation Begins with Martin Luther

Luther was a monk who confronted the Church. He didn't believe in the idea of selling indulgences, which was basically a clean slate to get you out of your sins. He challenged the Catholic Church because he didn't believe in these indulgences. He wrote a letter which ended up in the hands of the pope. Luther was then excommunicated from the Holy Roman Empire. "I do not bring accusation against the outcries of the preachers, which I have not heard, so much as I grieve over the wholly false impressions which the people have conceived from the indulgences." - Martin Luther. He is trying to say he doesn't like the indulgences, because people buy them believing if they buy one they are guaranteed to be saved, but that's not always the truth, they might be wasting their needed money. 

Martin Luther's intentions were originally for the good of the people. He did not want them to get their hopes up, because not everybody had a lot of money and they bought them thinking they would be completely saved.  Luther was more concerned with spiritual reforms. The peasants didn't understand what he was saying, but Luther was actually talking spiritually, not about money. He did not believe in the indulgences and he wanted to make his point clear. He wrote a letter, and posted it to the doors of the church. Primarily, Luther's intentions were for the good of the people.