Analysis Of The 95 Theses By Martin Luther

Martin Luther wrote the 95 Theses against the things that were taking place in the Catholic Church. In his early years he was a monk and scholar. He wrote the 95 Theses in paragraph form to complain. The 95 Theses was very important to the history of the church, religion, and reformation.
The 95 Theses is a list of ninety-five things that Martin Luther thought was wrong with the Catholic Church. This was no ordinary list; it was more like ninety-five paragraphs. The 95 Theses can basically be described as ninety-five complaints about what was going on in the church. Martin Luther emphasized that one could not be saved by the deeds he or she did. A person was to be saved by his or her faith in God. Thanks to Gutenburg’s printing press, Luther was able to spread his beliefs by posting them on church doors all over Germany. …show more content…
In his 95 Theses he objected the practice of selling indulgences. He believed that the pope had too much power, thought the church was too wealthy, and didn’t agree with the abuse of indulgences. Indulgences were the Catholic concept of salvation, and it is basically paying for sins. There are three ways one might pay for their sin. People could use the coffers and give money, they could pay to use relics, or working off someone’s sins. Relics are things that the popes passed off as bones, blood, or teeth of famous people from the bible. The popes would tell them that it was a bone, tooth, or blood of a famous bible figure, and then make the person pay him so much money to hold it. Martin Luther’s 95 Theses played a huge role in the Protestant Reformation, which was the revolution that broke the hold of the Catholic Church over