Luther’s Ninety-five Theses

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Reformation text historical document theological document

Luther’s Ninety-five Theses is the 1517 document by Martin Luther that challenged the Catholic Church’s sale of indulgences and helped ignite the Protestant Reformation.

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Ninety-five Theses 3
95 Theses 1
Luther’s Letter to Archbishop Albrecht of Mainz 1

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instanceOf Reformation text ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
theological document ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Luther’s Ninety-five Theses ⓘ
surface form: 95 Theses

Luther’s Ninety-five Theses ⓘ
surface form: The Ninety-five Theses
associatedEvent beginning of the Protestant Reformation ⓘ
author Martin Luther ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
criticizesDoctrine efficacy of indulgences for salvation ⓘ
criticizesInstitution Roman Curia ⓘ
criticizesPractice commercialization of forgiveness ⓘ
sale of indulgences ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of religious protest against corruption ⓘ
datePosted 1517-10-31 ⓘ
denominationalContext Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
disseminationMethod pamphlet distribution ⓘ
historicalPeriod Reformation ⓘ
surface form: Protestant Reformation
impact challenged papal financial practices ⓘ
contributed to the spread of Protestantism ⓘ
sparked theological controversy in Germany ⓘ
stimulated church reform debates ⓘ
influenced Lutheran theology ⓘ
Protestant doctrine of justification by faith ⓘ
intendedForm academic disputation ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
mainTopic abuse of church practices ⓘ
indulgences ⓘ
papal authority ⓘ
penance ⓘ
repentance ⓘ
medium printed pamphlet ⓘ
numberOfTheses 95 ⓘ
originalTitle Disputatio pro declaratione virtutis indulgentiarum ⓘ
placeOfPublication Wittenberg ⓘ
preservedIn various early printed editions ⓘ
printingTechnology movable-type printing press ⓘ
proposesConcept repentance as a lifelong attitude ⓘ
publicationDate 1517 ⓘ
questionsAuthorityOf Pope regarding indulgences ⓘ
relatedWork Luther’s Ninety-five Theses self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Luther’s Letter to Archbishop Albrecht of Mainz

Luther’s Sermon on Indulgences and Grace ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
subjectOf museum exhibitions on the Reformation ⓘ
numerous historical studies ⓘ
theologicalPosition assertion of the primacy of the Gospel ⓘ
denial that indulgences can remove guilt ⓘ
emphasis on inner repentance over external works ⓘ

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