According to history, on October 31, 1517, the priest and scholar Martin Luther went up to the door of the Castle Church in Vittenberg, Germany, and posted a piece of paper with 95 radical ideas that would spark the Protestant Reformation.
“Luther” condemned in his theses the excesses and corruption of the Roman Catholic Church, especially the papal practice of paying the payment called “forgiveness” for the forgiveness of sins.
The St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome was being renovated at the time, and the Dominican priest Johann Titzl was leading a major gift collection drive in Germany on behalf of Pope Liu X and the head of the Mainz.
Even though Vittenberg’s mayor, Prince Frederick III Wise, forbade the sale of forgiveness instruments, many churchgoers nonetheless travelled to acquire them. When they returned, they showed the pardon they bought, claiming that they had no longer repenting their sins.
There were attempts to convince Luther to change what he wanted and sought, but he refused to remain silent, and in 1521, Pope Liu tenth formally expelled Luther from the Catholic Church. The following year, Luther rejected once more to withdraw his writings before the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, King of Germany. Luther’s 95th theses, which were quickly cut and translated from Latin to German and widely distributed, reached Rome.
There were attempts to convince Luther to change what he wanted and sought, but he refused to remain silent, and in 1521, Pope Liu tenth formally expelled Luther from the Catholic Church. The following year, Luther rejected once more to withdraw his writings before the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, King of Germany. Luther’s 95th theses, which were quickly cut and translated from Latin to German and widely distributed, reached Rome.
By the time Luther died in 1546 due to natural causes, the name gradually applied to everyone who shared his revolutionary beliefs about the need for church reform, including those living outside of Germany. His revolutionary ideas served as the foundation for the Protestant reform that would over the course of the following three centuries completely transform Western civilization.
In 1517, Martin Luther publishes his ninety-five sermons. What is her relationship with ecclesiastical reform?
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