Martin Luther21 October 1517
Luther is said to have posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany
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Luther is said to have posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany
The 95 Theses which spread over most of Europe within 1 yr are provoked by the sale of Papal indulgences by the Archbishop of Mainz. Luther nails a list of 95 theses attacking use of indulgences on the Church door at Wittemberg. Disagrees with selling remissions for sins. Triggers off the Reformation
Burns the papal bull condemning his 95 theses & is excommunicated by Pope Leo X
Pope Leo X wishes for Martin Luther to recant 41 of these theses, which Luther famously refused to do before the Diet of Worms in 1521, thus symbolically initiating the Protestant reformation
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