Martin Luther and the 95 Theses
Aurora Gamboa
Junior Division
Paper The history and beliefs of Catholicism was changed by one monk and his 95 theses. Martin Luther was a 34 year old priest at the time when a church in Wittenberg Germany was, increasing indulgences to get more money, Indulgences are items that give people satisfaction it is like a treat for the people if they buy the item. Luther made his 95 theses and he wouldn’t recant his theses unless they were proven wrong. Theses are propositions that Luther wrote for academic disputation. A recently invented printing press helped Luther's theses spread around quickly, even though that’s not what Luther wanted. In 1517 Germany, Martin Luther made a prodigious affect …show more content…
In the letter he began with, “Out of love and zeal for truth and the desire to bring it to light, the following theses will be publicly discussed at Wittenberg under the chairmanship of the reverend father Martin Luther, Master of Arts and Sacred Theology and regularly appointed Lecturer on these subjects at that place. He requests that those who cannot be present to debate orally with us will do so by letter.” This was stated in the book “Martin Luther Father of The Reformation.” Luther wanted to discuss 95 topics of debate when he nailed his theses. Luther nailed his theses wanting them to be discussion points about indulgences, and good works that popes could grant to the people to cancel out penance for sins, as corrupting peoples …show more content…
In this source there was information on how the reformations started and there was also information on one of the worst things that ever happened to Luther. I understand that it wasn’t Luther’s fault that the reformations started.
Somervill, Barbara A. Martin Luther: Father of Reformation. Sue Vader Hook. This primary source is a book. In this source I found information about the building in Rome that the church’s were raising indulgences for and the letter that Luther wrote to invite people to his debate over the theses. I understand that Luther invited people because he was doing the write thing but most people didn’t think that so Luther was proving a point when he invited all of those people.
“Martin Luther as Priest, Heretic, and Outlaw: The Reformation at 500” [“Martin Luther as Priest, Heretic, and Outlaw: The Reformation at 500”]. Blogs.loc.gov, 11 Oct. 2017, blogs.loc.gov/international-collections/2017/10/martin-luther-as-priest-heretic-and-outlaw-the-reformation-at-500/. Accessed 10 Nov. 2017. This primary source is a database. In this article I found the exact date of when Luther posted his theses on October 31, 1517. This helps me because I know that October 31 is now known as halloween but in Luther’s time it was known as “The Day Of All Saints” and that means Luther made an enormous
Aurora Gamboa
Junior Division
Paper The history and beliefs of Catholicism was changed by one monk and his 95 theses. Martin Luther was a 34 year old priest at the time when a church in Wittenberg Germany was, increasing indulgences to get more money, Indulgences are items that give people satisfaction it is like a treat for the people if they buy the item. Luther made his 95 theses and he wouldn’t recant his theses unless they were proven wrong. Theses are propositions that Luther wrote for academic disputation. A recently invented printing press helped Luther's theses spread around quickly, even though that’s not what Luther wanted. In 1517 Germany, Martin Luther made a prodigious affect …show more content…
In the letter he began with, “Out of love and zeal for truth and the desire to bring it to light, the following theses will be publicly discussed at Wittenberg under the chairmanship of the reverend father Martin Luther, Master of Arts and Sacred Theology and regularly appointed Lecturer on these subjects at that place. He requests that those who cannot be present to debate orally with us will do so by letter.” This was stated in the book “Martin Luther Father of The Reformation.” Luther wanted to discuss 95 topics of debate when he nailed his theses. Luther nailed his theses wanting them to be discussion points about indulgences, and good works that popes could grant to the people to cancel out penance for sins, as corrupting peoples …show more content…
In this source there was information on how the reformations started and there was also information on one of the worst things that ever happened to Luther. I understand that it wasn’t Luther’s fault that the reformations started.
Somervill, Barbara A. Martin Luther: Father of Reformation. Sue Vader Hook. This primary source is a book. In this source I found information about the building in Rome that the church’s were raising indulgences for and the letter that Luther wrote to invite people to his debate over the theses. I understand that Luther invited people because he was doing the write thing but most people didn’t think that so Luther was proving a point when he invited all of those people.
“Martin Luther as Priest, Heretic, and Outlaw: The Reformation at 500” [“Martin Luther as Priest, Heretic, and Outlaw: The Reformation at 500”]. Blogs.loc.gov, 11 Oct. 2017, blogs.loc.gov/international-collections/2017/10/martin-luther-as-priest-heretic-and-outlaw-the-reformation-at-500/. Accessed 10 Nov. 2017. This primary source is a database. In this article I found the exact date of when Luther posted his theses on October 31, 1517. This helps me because I know that October 31 is now known as halloween but in Luther’s time it was known as “The Day Of All Saints” and that means Luther made an enormous