Ninety-Five Theses or, disputation on the power of indulgences. Illustrated
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The hammering of this 1517 document to the door of the Wittenberg church marks the start of the Reformation and the history of Protestantism.
Due to the conflicts surrounding the ideas presented in his Theses, a wave of religious wars broke out in Western Europe.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther (1483–1546) was a German theologian and one of the most influential figures in the Protestant Reformation. Some of Luther’s best-known works are the Ninety-Five Theses, “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God,” and his translation of the Bible into German.
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Ninety-Five Theses or, disputation on the power of indulgences. Illustrated - Martin Luther
INTRODUCTORY LETTER.
TO THE MOST Reverend Father in Christ and most illustrious Lord, Albert, Archbishop and Primate of the Churches of Magdeburg and Mentz, Marquis of Brandenburg, etc., his lord and pastor in Christ, most gracious and worthy of all fear and reverence -
JESUS.
The grace of God be with you, and whatsoever it is and can do.
Spare me, most reverend Father in Christ, most illustrious Prince, if I, the very dregs of humanity, have dared to think of addressing a letter to the eminence of your sublimity. The Lord Jesus is my witness that, in the consciousness of my own pettiness and baseness, I have long put off the doing of that which I have now hardened my forehead to perform, moved thereto most especially by the sense of that faithful duty which I feel that I owe to your most reverend Fatherhood in Christ. May your Highness then in the meanwhile deign to cast your eyes upon one grain of dust, and, in your pontifical clemency, to understand my prayer.
Papal indulgences are being carried about, under your most distinguished authority, for the building of St. Peter’s. In respect of these I do