Disputation on the power and efficacy of indulgences. When our lord and master jesus christ said, repent mt 4. The ninetyfive theses by martin luther october 31, 1517. Here they are, all of the martin luther 95 theses, posted on the church door in wittenberg, germany, october 31, 1517. After he sent a copy of the theses to albert of mainz who sent a copy to pope leo, luther continued to write, elaborating on the issues raised. Martin luther the ninetyfive theses or disputation on the power and efficacy of indulgences 1517. Out of love for the truth and from desire to elucidate it, the reverend father martin luther, master of arts and sacred theology, and ordinary lecturer therein at wittenberg, intends to defend the following statements and to dispute on them in that place.
Martin luther wrote his 95 theses in 1517 as a protest against the selling of indulgences. His 1517 document, 95 theses, sparked the protestant reformation. This word cannot be understood as referring to the sacrament of penance, that is, confession and satisfaction, as administered by the clergy. Martin luther 1 the ninety five theses the common title to his disputation on the power and efficacy of indulgences is more widely associated with luther s name than anything else he wrote. Out of love for the truth and from desire to elucidate it, the reverend father martin luther, master of arts and sacred theology, and ordinary lecturer. Out of love for the truth and from desire to elucidate it, the reverend father martin luther, master of arts and sacred theology. Martin luther was a german theologian who challenged a number of teachings of the roman catholic church. When jesus said repent he meant that believers should live a whole life repenting 2.
Luther posted his theses on the castle door at wittenberg on either october 31 or november 1, 1517. Nor are they the merits of christ and the saints, for, even without the pope, the latter always work grace for the inner man and the cross, death, and hell for the outer man. The ninetyfive theses by martin luther october 31, 1517, wittenberg, germany 4 preachers do not distribute them freely but only gather them. Martin luther the ninetyfive theses or disputation on the. Therefore he asks that those who cannot be present and dispute with him. The ninetyfive theses or disputation on the power and efficacy of indulgences is a list of propositions for an academic disputation written in 1517 by martin.
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