Luther’s Sermon on Indulgences and Grace

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pastoral exposition sermon theological treatise

Luther’s Sermon on Indulgences and Grace is a 1518 pastoral exposition by Martin Luther that explains and popularizes the theological ideas behind his Ninety-five Theses, especially his critique of indulgences and emphasis on God’s free grace.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf pastoral exposition ⓘ
sermon ⓘ
theological treatise ⓘ
associatedWithEvent controversy over indulgence preaching ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Johann Tetzel ⓘ
author Martin Luther ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
criticizes abuses in the sale of indulgences ⓘ
misunderstanding of papal indulgences ⓘ
dateWritten 1518 ⓘ
doctrineAffirmed justification by grace ⓘ
the primacy of God’s promise over human works ⓘ
emphasizes salvation by God’s grace ⓘ
the insufficiency of indulgences for salvation ⓘ
explains the theological ideas behind the Ninety-five Theses ⓘ
focusesOn God’s free grace ⓘ
critique of indulgences ⓘ
pastoral explanation of the Ninety-five Theses ⓘ
genre didactic theology ⓘ
religious sermon ⓘ
historicalPeriod Reformation ⓘ
surface form: Protestant Reformation
historicalSignificance helped spread Luther’s early Reformation ideas ⓘ
influenced later Protestant preaching on grace ⓘ
influencedBy Luther’s conflict with indulgence preachers ⓘ
Luther’s study of Scripture ⓘ
intendedAudience lay Christians ⓘ
pastors ⓘ
languageStyle pastoral ⓘ
popularizing ⓘ
mainSubject Luther’s Ninety-five Theses ⓘ
surface form: Ninety-five Theses

divine grace ⓘ
forgiveness of sins ⓘ
indulgences ⓘ
repentance ⓘ
opposesDoctrine the idea that indulgences can remove guilt before God ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
placeInLutherCorpus early Reformation writing ⓘ
purpose to clarify the meaning of the Ninety-five Theses ⓘ
to popularize Luther’s critique of indulgences ⓘ
relatedWork Luther’s Ninety-five Theses ⓘ
surface form: Ninety-five Theses
religiousDenomination Lutheranism ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
theologicalTradition Lutheran theology ⓘ
title Luther’s Sermon on Indulgences and Grace self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sermon on Indulgences and Grace
year 1518 ⓘ

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Luther’s Ninety-five Theses → relatedWork → Luther’s Sermon on Indulgences and Grace ⓘ
Luther’s Sermon on Indulgences and Grace → title → Luther’s Sermon on Indulgences and Grace self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sermon on Indulgences and Grace