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10/31/2006, 02:35 PM
Not to step on Homey's toes, but he missed this one. :D
http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/history/95theses.htm
On October 31, 1517, Dr. Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk and University professor, posted his "Disputations on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences" on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. The document, which came to be known as the "95 Theses", was an invitation to debate theological issues surrounding the sale of papal indulgences by Johann Tetzel, among others. The sale was intended to finance the renovation and expansion of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. An "indulgence", as used at the time, was a "get out of Purgatory free" card, normally granted because of some great good deed of penance or mercy, but during Luther's time they were being sold for profit.
Luther's 95 Theses received widespread attention because the invention of the printing press some years earlier allowed some of his enterprising students to make hundreds of copies and distribute them to the surrounding areas. This even began a snowball-like series of political and religious events (including several riots) that resulted in the Protestant Reformation.
http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/history/95theses.htm
On October 31, 1517, Dr. Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk and University professor, posted his "Disputations on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences" on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. The document, which came to be known as the "95 Theses", was an invitation to debate theological issues surrounding the sale of papal indulgences by Johann Tetzel, among others. The sale was intended to finance the renovation and expansion of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. An "indulgence", as used at the time, was a "get out of Purgatory free" card, normally granted because of some great good deed of penance or mercy, but during Luther's time they were being sold for profit.
Luther's 95 Theses received widespread attention because the invention of the printing press some years earlier allowed some of his enterprising students to make hundreds of copies and distribute them to the surrounding areas. This even began a snowball-like series of political and religious events (including several riots) that resulted in the Protestant Reformation.