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  1. Ninety-five Theses

    The Ninety-five Theses or Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences 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. The Theses is retrospectively considered to have launched the Protestant Reformation and the birth of Protestantism, despite various proto-Protestant ...

  2. Ninety-five Theses

    Ninety-five Theses, propositions for debate concerned with the question of indulgences, written (in Latin) and possibly posted by Martin Luther on the door of the Schlosskirche (Castle Church), Wittenberg, on October 31, 1517. This event came to be considered the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.

  3. Nailed It? Martin Luther, the 95 Theses, and the Castle Church Door

    Advertise on TGC. On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther strode confidently to the door of Wittenberg's Castle Church, nailed up his Ninety-five Theses, and in one swing of his hammer started what later became known as the Protestant Reformation. The defiant monk, enraged by the sale of indulgences that promised forgiveness apart from repentance ...

  4. Did Martin Luther Nail His 95 Theses to the Church Door?

    October 31, 2017 9:00 AM EDT. Five hundred years ago, on Oct. 31, 1517, the small-town monk Martin Luther marched up to the castle church in Wittenberg and nailed his 95 Theses to the door, thus ...

  5. Martin Luther posts 95 theses

    This Day in History: 10/31/1517 - Martin Luther Posts Theses. On October 31, 1517, legend has it that the priest and scholar Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg ...

  6. Martin Luther and the 95 Theses

    Martin Luther was a German theologian who challenged a number of teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. His 1517 document, "95 Theses," sparked the Protestant Reformation.

  7. Martin Luther

    Martin Luther was a German monk who forever changed Christianity when he nailed his '95 Theses' to a church door in 1517, sparking the Protestant Reformation. Updated: Sep 20, 2019.

  8. PDF The Ninety-five Theses by Martin Luther October 31, 1517, Wittenberg

    The Ninety-Five Theses The Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences Posted: October 31, 1517 The Eve of All Saints Day Castle Church Wittenberg, Germany For oral debate on November 1, 1517 Out of love and zeal for truth and the desire to bring it to light, the following theses will be publicly discussed at Wittenberg under the

  9. Martin Luther's 95 Theses

    Luther's 97 theses on the topic of scholastic theology had been posted only a month before his 95 theses focusing on the sale of indulgences. Both writs were only intended to invite discussion of the topic. Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546) objected to scholastic theology on the grounds that it could not reveal the truth of God and denounced indulgences - writs sold by the Church to shorten one's ...

  10. Ninety-five Theses summary

    Ninety-five Theses, Propositions for debate on the question of indulgences, written by Martin Luther and, according to legend, posted on the door of the castle church in Wittenberg, Ger., on Oct. 31, 1517. This event is now seen as the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. The theses were written in response to the selling of indulgences to pay for the rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica ...

  11. Religion: Luther & the Church Door

    August 3, 1962 12:00 AM GMT-4. E very schoolboy thinks he knows how the Reformation began: on Oct. 31, 1517, Augustinian Friar Martin Luther took hammer in hand and nailed his list of 95 angry ...

  12. Martin Luther Might Not Have Nailed His 95 Theses to the Church Door

    Prisma/UIG/Getty Images. Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church. The fact that he might've mailed his theses rather than nailing them to the church door ...

  13. Protestant Reformation at 500: Did Martin Luther nail his 95 Theses to

    On Oct. 31, 1517, an obscure German professor of theology named Martin Luther launched an attack on the Roman Catholic Church by nailing his 95 Theses to the door of Wittenberg's Castle Church ...

  14. The 95 Theses and their Results (1517-1519)

    October 31, 1517, "Nailing the 95 Theses to the Door of the Castle Church". Prior to October 31, 1517, Luther had preached against the indulgence trade. After reading an instruction manual for indulgence traders, he wrote a letter to his church superiors hoping to get rid of this abuse. In this letter he included 95 Theses which were to be used ...

  15. Luther's Ninety-five Theses: What You May Not Know and Why They Matter

    If people know only one thing about the Protestant Reformation, it is the famous event on October 31, 1517, when the Ninety-five Theses of Martin Luther (1483-1586) were nailed on the door of the Castle Church of Wittenberg in protest against the Roman Catholic Church. Within a few years of this event, the church had splintered into not just ...

  16. www.luther.de: Legends about Luther: 95 Theses

    Legends about Luther: Nailing the 95 Theses. October 31, 1517: Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg with hammer strokes which echoed throughout all of Europe. This act has been portrayed numerous times thoughout the centuries, and until the 21st century it was accepted as fact.

  17. The Igniting of the Protestant Reformation

    The Protestant Reformation ignited in Europe in 1517 when German monk and professor Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the Castle Church door in Wittenberg, Germany. Luther's 95 Theses was a list of grievances against the Catholic Church. Luther, who had read the Bible, sought Bible-based reform by means of academic debate of what had become, in his view, a corrupt church.

  18. This Day In History: Martin Luther Nails His 95 Theses To A Church Door

    Ed - October 31, 2016. On this date in history in 1517, the German monk and scholar Martin Luther changed the world by simply nailing a document to a church door. Luther went to a local castle's church in Wittenberg in Eastern Germany and nailed a piece of paper to the wooden door on this date in 1517. The paper contained 95 theses that ...

  19. Martin Luther's 95 Theses

    95 Theses Martin Luther nailed on the church door at Wittenburg. OCTOBER 31, 1517. Out of love for the truth and the desire to bring it to light, the following propositions will be discussed at Wittenberg, under the presidency of the Reverend Father Martin Luther, Master of Arts and of Sacred Theology, and Lecturer in Ordinary on the same at ...

  20. What Was Luther Doing When He Nailed His 95 Theses to the Wittenberg Door?

    First Name. On Saturday, October 31, 1517, a 33-year-old theology professor at Wittenberg University walked over to the Castle Church in Wittenberg and nailed a paper of 95 theses to the door, hoping to spark an academic discussion about their contents. In God's providence and unbeknownst to anyone else that day, it would become a key event ...

  21. The Ninety-Five Theses: Did Luther Nail Or Mail Them (Or Both)?

    E.g., Heiko Oberman (1930-2001), in his masterful 1982 biography, Luther: Man Between God and the Devil, wrote, "On the eve of All Saints' Day, October 31, 1517, Luther posted the ninety-five theses, which he had composed in Latin, on the door of the Castle Church of Wittenberg, according to university custom." 2 The story, however, is ...

  22. Did Martin Luther really nail his 95 Theses to the church door?

    14. The traditional story is that Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the church doors of Wittenberg, Germany, which served as a bulletin board of sorts, on October 31, 1517. However, some sources debate this. For instance, this article about Luther commemoration in the US contains a slideshow with the following:

  23. Luther's Ninety-Five Theses Nailed to the Wittenberg Church's Door

    Joseph Fiennes as Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546) nailing the Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Wittenberg church in the movie Luther (2003). © Eikon Film and NFP ...