Luther's 95 Theses To The Front Of The Catholic Church At Wittenburg Castle

In 1517 Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the front of the Catholic Church at Wittenburg Castle. This thesis outlined the wrong doings he felt the church was doing and he was asking for them to make a change. The theses discussed: selling indulgences is terrible and should be ended, people are saved by faith alone and not by good deeds, the Bible is the primary authority on God, not the church, and people can pray directly to God and not through the church. Because of Martin Luther’s theses the Catholic Church took certain measures to address the reformation from the period 1517-1563. The church did respond to the criticism, and they changed the laws so people couldn’t read the reformation but at the same time they continued to do the same

We should praise vows of religion, obedience, poverty, chastity, and vows to perform other works to help us improve ourselves…10. We should approve and praise the orders, recommendations, and way of acting of our superiors rather than to find fault with them… 13. We must follow this principle: What seems to me white, I will believe black if the Church says so. For I must be convinced that in Christ our Lord and His Church, only one Spirit holds sway, which governs and rules for the salvation of souls…” (document 4). These rules were set in place as a way to show the community around them that they have found fault in their ways and are taking the steps to improve the church environment and the authorities within the church. These rules were really a way to control those involved in the church and were put in place to stop them from speaking out. Along with the catholic church being under criticism, the Jesuits were under criticism for their closeness with the Pope and other powers within the church. The Jesuits were also being called out for Ignatius’s power in the religious and political affairs of independent

In the document the church said, “...[The Church desires] that the abuses which have [led to] Indulgences [being protested] by heretics, be amended and corrected, [and] commands all bishops, diligently to collect, each in his own church, all abuses of this nature, and to report them [so that] the gift of holy Indulgences may be dispensed (given out) to all the faithful, piously, holily, and incorruptly (document 2).” The church set stricter rules that would be followed and made it seem like indulgence would no longer be used to measure someone's sins. This change was only used as a way to stop authority from inside the church turning against them. The church continued using indulgences and claimed it had a “treasury” consisting of the merits of Christ and the saints, and that it would distribute in ways that promoted the church and its mission. The church would still continue to sell indulgence up until 1567, where it was finally abolished by the