21 October 151795 ThesesMartin Luther
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
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
His territory becomes the setting for Luther's challenge to indulgences.
Disagrees with selling remissions for sins.
Luther expresses doubts over the legitimacy of indulgences and the Plenitudo Potestatis of the Pope.
Luther nails a list of 95 theses attacking use of indulgences on the Church door at Wittemberg.
Luther protests against the corruption in Rome & 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.
Disagrees with selling remissions for sins.
Luther expresses doubts over the legitimacy of indulgences and the Plenitudo Potestatis of the Pope.
Luther nails a list of 95 theses attacking use of indulgences on the Church door at Wittemberg.
Luther protests against the corruption in Rome & 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.
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
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
Luther begins his Reformation by criticizing the selling of indulgences, insisting that the Pope had no authority over purgatory and that the Catholic doctrine of the merits of the saints had no foundation in the gospel
Luther begins his Reformation by criticizing the selling of indulgences, insisting that the Pope had no authority over purgatory and that the Catholic doctrine of the merits of the saints had no foundation in the gospel
Luther's translation of the Bible during the Reformation into German was a decisive moment in the spread of literacy, and stimulated the printing and distribution of religious books and pamphlets. From 1517 onward, religious pamphlets flooded Germany and much of Europe
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