Luther's Ninety-Five Theses

Jacobs, C. M., Luther, Martin, Grimm, Harold J.

ISBN 10: 0800612655 / ISBN 13: 9780800612658

Edité par Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1957

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• Titre: Luther's Ninety-Five Theses
• Éditeur: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
• Date de parution: 1957
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0800612655
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780800612658
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: 1st Ed.
• État de l'article: Good
• Poids: 0,701 livre

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Synopsis

From Luther's day to the present, October 31, 1517 has been considered the birthday of the Reformation. At noon on this Eve of All Saints' Day, Luther nailed on the Castle Church door, which served as a bulletin board for faculty and students of the University of Wittenberg, his Ninety-five Theses, as his Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgence has been commonly called. In the Ninety-five Theses Luther applied his evangelical theology to indulgences. He hoped thereby to find an answer to a practical problem which had disturbed him and other sincere Christians for a long time. The indulgence, or permission to relax or commute the satisfaction or penance of a contrite sinner, was a medieval development connected with the history of the sacrament of penance.

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Martin Luther stands as one of the most significant figures in Western history. His distinction as the father of the Protestant Reformation is augmented by his innovative use of new technology (the printing press), his translation of the Christian Bible into the vernacular, and his impact upon European society. Born in 1483 to middle-class parents in Saxony, eastern Germany, he became an Augustinian monk, a priest, a professor of biblical literature, a reformer, a husband and father. He died in 1546 after having witnessed the birth of a renewal movement that would result in a profound shift in faith, politics, and society. He has been both praised and vilified for what he preached and wrote. His thought continues to influence all Christians and to animate the movement that bears his name.