'The 95 Theses' By Martin Luther

The 95 Theses was written by a German monk and professor of theology named Martin Luther in 1517, to challenge the teachings of the Catholic Church and the usefulness of the Pope. Who knew this one man standing up for what he believed in would change the world as they knew it forever. He had always wondered about his faith and didn’t believe he was being told the entire truth. He thought the people were being lied to and didn’t think it was right. He wrote this to show the church that lying to the people and telling them that they were going to heaven was wrong. The theses was not given to the public it was nailed the door of the Wittenberg Castle church for the pope himself to read as a discussion. Many people think of this as a way of showing …show more content…
This is how the 95 Theses spread to surrounding cities and towns. Many people started questioning the church and their own faith. They then soon realized the church was lying and scamming them. Many people converted to Lutheranism. Other religions that came in after this were Anabaptist and reform theology. The church would tell people they could pay money and could get years taken of their purgatory. The pope would say when the penny jingles in the box the soul springs from purgatory. Luther hated this saying and felt that it was saying that one might buy there way into the kingdom of God or buying Gods favor. When people read the theses they learned the the church was just making that up many people were very angry. The wealthy found out first because more of them were able to read and knew what the theses were talking about. The more poor and middle class people just followed along but then later heard over public speaking in the markets. The pope had to much power and made people think he had control over the after life and purgatory and he didn’t only God himself has that kind of