Martin Luther's 95 thesis was an outspoken opposition against the immoral activities of the Catholic Church. These were times when the Church was steeped in corruption and when innocent people's faith was exploited for money hoarding, all in the name of religion.The corruption of the Church merits a book of itself and I suggest you do some research of your own on the subject and my recommendation would be the 'Vicar Of Christ' by Walter F. Murphy, which is an amazing work on the history of the C...

Martin Luther's 95 Theses was a hydrogen bomb hurled straight at the Papacy. Written right at the time that the Gutenberg printing press was enabling the massive dissemination of dangerous ideas, this short but incendiary argument against the abuses of the Church and its cynical hucksterism turned a minor theologian that Pope Leo once casually dismissed as a drunken German into a lightning rod revolutionary whose excommunication was guaranteed.When Luther wrote it, the Church was spending the mo...

Reading the statements that Martin included in his 95 affirmations puts it all in perspective; it is unbelievable the state of degradation in which the Catholic Church had fallen during those years. Clearly, from the statements that Martin wrote on his theses, the Catholic Church had become a business where salvation was a matter of money and power, and the Pope along with the entire clergy were corrupted. In fact, the C. Church, by playing on the ignorance of people, started requesting “gifts”

This was not at all what I was expecting. These thesis caused a schism in the church. They caused an ongoing bloodbath that went on for decades. This was huge! The nailing of these thesis were one of the monumental moments of civilization. I had pictured Martin Luther shouting and waving his hammer about as he nailed them to the door. I had pictured the thesis as:1) Pope is a liar! I expected each thesis to show biblically that the Catholic church was not based on the Bible. but they were nothin...

Martin had good points. 🤔

Luther’s initial theses cut at an important tool of papal power—the papal indulgences. The church had the monopoly on the commodity of forgiveness, and its sale via indulgences was a significant source of revenue for the papacy. Luther marshals reasons against the legitimacy of indulgences by stressing the exclusivity of God’s ability to forgive (Theses 5, 6). The pope is not only powerless to forgive, Luther argued, but he is also powerless to grant assurance via letters of pardon, even though

Many know of Luther's 95 Theses, but few have read them. I decided to read them and I was shocked at how bold he was! Through this book, I learned about the history as to why Luther posted his theses and the impact that it made. He was remarkably bold. These are some of my favorite: 3, 23, 24, 27, 28, 32, 43, 44, 45, 53, 54, 62, 86My favorite:Thesis 62The true treasure of the Church is the Most Holy Gospel of the glory and the grace of God.

This is a great resource for those wanting to gain a deeper understanding of the document and the ideas that set the Reformation in motion. I knew the basic facts: Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the church in Wittenberg, and he was protesting against certain practices and teachings that had arisen within the Catholic Church, such as indulgences and purgatory. This book has given me a greater understanding of the specifics, and in the words of Martin Luther himself, no less!How...

Concise little 12-page booklet containing Luther's 95 bullet-points preaching against particular facets of the catholic church. Namely, paying money to the church to not only absolve you of your sins, but also to give the pope certain powers such as the ability to reduce your time spent in purgatory.It should be noted that the pope as well as the church used this scam as a fund-raiser to renovate St. Peter's Basilica.Truth be told, this read is only so-so for me, but I posthumously give Luther a...

Most of it is light-touch Popery, but it is still an interesting read. The editor provides a useful introduction and has some good explanatory notes.

31 October 1517. A man would use a hammer and nail to post a paper on the side door of the Castle Church of Wittenberg, to alert the parish. Penned in Latin as Disputatio pro declaratione virtutis indulgentiarum (‘95 Theses on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences’), his offering was intended to quick discussion within the Church. But it struck a nerve.Martin Luther was the name ….When Luther nailed a sheet of paper to the church door of a small university town on 31 October 1517, he set off a p...

Yeah, I know, I know. The family in which I grew up viewed Luther as a damned massive hero with few equals or betters. That said, while I'm not Catholic, I've always viewed Luther as little more than an SOB with some potentially good intentions that got f*ckedup by others -- if I'm feeling generous toward him -- because without Luther, no protestantism and without that, no Calvin or Knox and without them, far fewer (maybe none!) so called "evangelicals" or fundies (which to me, after the past ye...

Interesting. Luther's initial demands of the Church are fairly conservative in nature. He doesn't demand the end of indulgences per se, nor does he renounce the idea of purgatory. He also carefully avoids insulting the Pope. I can't see anything in here that Dante or St. Gregory would have disapproved of. Or anything that the Catholics today wouldn't largely agree with if they read it in Newman rather than Luther. Had the sixteenth-century church allowed this simple tract to be debated, rather t...

"Enough has been said previously about cross and punishments. Rarely do you hear a sermon about it today."---When I first have read the "95 Theses...", which looked like a theological pamphlet, it reminded me of the glossed mottos of the early Iberic medieval literature. It seemed that at least some of those 95 mottos should, somehow, be developed ("glossed") in a more comprehensive and didact way. It must have also occurred to Luther, who, by the end of 1518 (just one year after the publication...

I suppose it was about time I finally read this. Short, interesting, and to the point. (It did have to fit on a door, after all.) I was surprised to find that, although Luther was concerned with indulgence dealers swindling people out of their money, he was even more concerned with ordinary Christians believing they could get off so easily: “True contrition seeks and loves penalties, but liberal pardons only relax penalties and cause them to be hated…Christians are to be exhorted that they be di...

I was hoping for something that gave me insight into Lutheranism. What I have here is a rant. The rant may have valid reasoning, especially for the time, for the misuse of the church and specifically the actions of the Pope. Luther was an interesting man as far as I can see and believed adamantly in change. Still, I will have to read the Book of Concord to really get a better understanding of his version of the church.

Quite frankly, should be read to help form your own view on what you believe.IT's also an important historical piece.

With the recent 500th anniversary of Martin Luther's posting "The 95 Theses" on the Wittenberg Castle Church door, I have wanted to better understand how his ideas led to the Reformation. This brief book is a fascinating look at those claims and how Luther continued to flesh out his beliefs; each chapter is only a couple pages long, consisting of the individual statement and then a short excerpt from Luther's writings that help to explain why Luther felt as he did. I love that the editors use Ma...

I'll confess to a distinct prejudice, but Martin Luther was one of the most significant persons in world history and his 95 Theses one of the reformation's and one of history's most important documents. On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the publication of his 95 Theses (31st October 1517), I thoroughly enjoyed reading this new German translation of the Latin original by Karl-Heinz Göttert. In addition, Göttert's excellent epilogue explains some of the well-known and less-known backgrou...

A quick but thought-provoking document. Who knows of an edition which provides useful commentary on the theses?