On 31 October 1517, he published his '95 Theses', attacking papal abuses and the sale of indulgences. Luther had come to believe that Christians are saved through faith and not through their own ...

Martin Luther's "95 Theses" was a list of propositions for an academic dispute, posted by Luther on the door of the Castle Church, Wittenburg, Germany, in 1517. This was the catalyst for what ...

Martin Luther (1483-1546) is rightly regarded as the founder of the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation - the religious, political, cultural and social revolution that broke the hold of the ...

(particularly by John Tetzel’s selling of indulgences to partially pay for the construction of St. Peter’s Basilica), Luther is said to have nailed his “95 theses” to the door of the ...

With this revelation, he turns on the Church, attacking its practice of selling Indulgences in the famous 95 Theses. The key points of Luther's theses were simple, but devastating: a criticism of ...

Luther wrote in his 95 Theses, his criticism of the Church - "why doesn't the Pope build the basilica of St Peter's out of his own money?". German nobles saw an opportunity to cut off currency ...