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Is Martin Luther Nailed 95 Thesis On The 500 Anniversary Of Reformation

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500th Anniversary of Reformation It was indeed this day (31 October 1517) that Martin Luther nailed 95 thesis on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, (the door which was functioned as a bulletin board for various announcements related to academic and church affairs). In these thesis, Luther was calling for a "disputation on the power and efficacy of indulgences out of love and zeal for truth and the desire to bring it to light." This was the beginning of the reformation/protestants. The reason this movement was called, “Protestants” is because it stood against the Roman Catholic abuse of indulgences and papal authority. Indulgences (from the Latin indulgentia—permit) is the granting of forgiveness in the sacrament of penance.
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