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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 Castle Church in Wittenberg on October 31, 1517. The event came to be considered the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.

  3. 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 ...

  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. Nailed It? The Truth About Martin Luther, the Ninety-Five Theses, and

    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, sought to ...

  6. 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.

  7. Martin Luther and the 95 Theses

    Martin Luther was a German theologian who challenged a number of teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. ... 1517 Luther defiantly nailed a copy of his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg ...

  8. Martin Luther Might Not Have Nailed His 95 Theses to the ...

    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 ...

  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. Martin Luther and the 95 Theses

    MLA Style. Reeves, Ryan. " Martin Luther and the 95 Theses ." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 29 Nov 2021. Web. 10 May 2024. The 95 Theses in many ways started the Protestant Reformation. Luther nailed the 95 Theses to the church door of Wittenberg, and the Catholic Church later excommunicated...

  11. 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 ...

  12. Harvard scholar on the legacy of Martin Luther

    Divinity School professor considers the man and his 95 Theses 500 years later. On Oct. 31, 1517, the German priest and professor of theology Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of a Wittenberg church, protesting all that he saw wrong with the late-Renaissance Roman Catholic power structure. Outraged by the church's practice of ...

  13. 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 ...

  14. The Protestant Reformation, explained

    October 31 was the 500-year anniversary of the day Martin Luther allegedly nailed his 95 theses — objections to various practices of the Catholic Church — to the door of a German church. This ...

  15. 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 ...

  16. Luther's First Thesis and Last Words

    491 years ago today, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the church door in Wittenberg. He wanted to debate the sale of indulgences with his fellow university professors. So he wrote in Latin. But a nameless visionary translated the theses into German, carried them to the printing press, and enabled their dispersion far and wide. Luther ended ...

  17. Why Did Martin Luther Post the 95 Theses?

    Reason for the 95 Theses. So, on this day, October 31, 1517, he posted a list of 95 propositions on the church door in Wittenberg. In his day, this was the means of inviting scholars to debate important issues. No one took up Luther's challenge to debate at that time, but once news of his proposals became known, many began to discuss the issue ...

  18. Martin Luther

    Martin Luther's 95 Theses of 1517 were an invitation to discuss policies and practices of the Church he found troublesome and unbiblical. The original document, ... According to tradition, Luther nailed his document to the door of the Wittenberg Church on 31 October 1517, All Saint's Eve, but modern scholarship challenges this claim. ...

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

    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 in igniting ...

  20. Martin Luther, Fallible Reformer

    Photo: Stephanie Mitchell, Harvard Staff Photographer. On Oct. 31, 1517, the German priest and professor of theology Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of a Wittenberg church, protesting all that he saw wrong with the late-Renaissance Roman Catholic power structure. Outraged by the church's practice of selling indulgences to fund ...

  21. Luther's 97 Theses

    The 97 Theses present Luther's theology based on the precepts of scripture alone and faith alone as the means of knowing God's will while dismissing the scholastic tradition as counterproductive and even unbiblical. The scholars he cites below in his arguments - William of Ockham (l. c. 1287-1347), Duns Scotus (l. c. 1265-1308), and Gabriel Biel (l. c. 1425-1495) - were among the most ...

  22. Martin Luther's 95 Theses

    The 95 Theses. Out of love for the truth and from desire to elucidate it, the Reverend Father Martin Luther, Master of Arts and Sacred Theology, and ordinary lecturer therein at Wittenberg, intends to defend the following statements and to dispute on them in that place. Therefore he asks that those who cannot be present and dispute with him ...

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

    Luther's Ninety-Five Theses Nailed to the Wittenberg Church's Door. Illustration. by Eikon Film and NFP Teleart published on 11 November 2021 Download Full Size Image. 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).