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The Ninety-five Theses, also known as the Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences [a], is a list of propositions for an academic disputation written in 1517 by Martin Luther, then a professor of moral theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany.
Reformation Day is a Protestant Christian religious holiday celebrated on 31 October in remembrance of the onset of the Reformation.. According to Philip Melanchthon, 31 October 1517 was the day Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-five Theses on the door of the All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, Electorate of Saxony, in the Holy Roman Empire.
The Ninety-five Theses or Disputation on the Power of Indulgences are a list of propositions for an academic disputation written in 1517 by Martin Luther that started the Reformation, a schism in the Catholic Church which profoundly changed Europe.
It is the site where, according to Philip Melanchthon, the Ninety-five Theses were posted by Martin Luther in 1517, [1] launching the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. [2] [3] Beginning in 1883, the church was restored as a memorial site [4] [5] [6] and re-inaugurated on 31 October 1892, 375 years after Luther's posting.
I wonder however if the lede could better reflect the content of the article: the piece of the lede referring to the content of the theses is a single sentence "They advance Luther's positions against what he saw as abusive practices by preachers selling plenary indulgences, which were certificates believed to reduce the temporal punishment for ...
Luther began to preach openly against him and was inspired to write his famous Ninety-five Theses in part due to Tetzel's actions, [4] in which he states, 27. They preach only human doctrines who say that as soon as the money clinks into the money chest, the soul flies out of purgatory.
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Largely in reaction to Tetzel's actions, Luther wrote his famous Ninety-five Theses, which led to the Reformation. Luther sent these to Albert on 31 October 1517, and according to a disputable [7] tradition, nailed a copy to the door of Castle Church in Wittenberg. Albert forwarded the theses to Rome, suspecting Luther of heresy. [8]