Luther's Ninety-Five Theses

Luther's Ninety-Five Theses
ISBN-10
0800612655
ISBN-13
9780800612658
Category
Religion / Christianity / History
Pages
18
Language
English
Published
1957
Publisher
1517 Media
Authors
Martin Luther, Harold J. Grimm

Description

From Luther's day to the present, October 31, 1517 has been considered the birthday of the Reformation. At noon on this Eve of All Saints' Day, Luther nailed on the Castle Church door, which served as a bulletin board for faculty and students of the University of Wittenberg, his Ninety-five Theses, as his Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgence has been commonly called. In the Ninety-five Theses Luther applied his evangelical theology to indulgences. He hoped thereby to find an answer to a practical problem which had disturbed him and other sincere Christians for a long time. The indulgence, or permission to relax or commute the satisfaction or penance of a contrite sinner, was a medieval development connected with the history of the sacrament of penance.

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