Martin Luther And The Wittenberg's All Saints Church

By the end of the 15th century, the Catholic Church had well established its authority in Europe, the ties with economic, social, and political power lead to a grasp on modern life. Up until this point, no one dared to question the teachings of the Church. On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 theses on the Wittenberg’s All Saints Church door proclaiming his views about the absurdity that is buying indulgences to exonerate sin (Cole, 343). The radical act of placing ideas that indicated the corruption of the church and pope was an event that would lead to the protestant reformation (Maurer, 1/11/17). His work reached a far greater audience than the Wittenberg Castle, because of the printing press it spread to kings and peasants alike (Cole, 344). Luther’s work was appealing to people of different backgrounds, some believed that it would liberate them from clutches of their lords, others thought it would …show more content…
Admiral response came from the people, there was a longstanding high of public dissatisfaction with the corruption of the papacy (Cole, 347). The German population had resentment toward this higher order, there were no concordats that limited papal power, unlike in neighboring nations (Cole, 347).
Luther’s 95 theses created the path to question the Catholic Church and its practices such as: indulgences, pilgrimage, and the veneration of relics (Cole, 346). Each class held on to different aspirations that his work would lead to the reformation of the Catholic Church. This movement created the Protestant Reformation that sought to reform the Roman Catholic Church to recapture its new testament teachings (Maurer, 1/11/17). These appealing ideas united many of the German-speaking population to create an uprising that aimed to improve the condition of church