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Ninety-five Theses

The Ninety-five Theses or Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences is a list of propositions for an academic disputation written in 1517 by Martin Luther, then a professor of moral theology at the University of Wittenberg, Germany. The Theses are retrospectively considered to have launched the Protestant Reformation and the birth of…

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Author
Martin Luther
Publication date
31 October 1517
Language
Latin
Original text
Disputatio pro declaratione virtutis indulgentiarum[a] at Latin Wikisource
Original title
Disputatio pro declaratione virtutis indulgentiarum[a]
Publication place
Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire

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related to Distribution and publication · 23
Ninety-five Theses → Albert, Albert's, All Saints' Church, Archbishop, Brandenburg, He, In, In Wittenberg, Instead, It, Luther, Luther's, Mainz, Melanchthon, No, November, October, On, Philip Melanchthon, Reformation
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Ninety-five Theses → All Saints' Church, All Saints' Day, Andreas Karlstadt, April, Around, At, Eleutherius, Elizabeth Eisenstein, Greek, Hans Hillerbrand, Holding, In, Karlstadt, Luder, Luther, Luther's, Similarly, Since, The Theses, Theses
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Ninety-five Theses → January, LibriVoxLatin, Official, Project GutenbergNinety-five Theses Archived, Theses, Wayback Machine Modern English
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Ninety-five Theses → Martin Luther
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Ninety-five Theses → Latin
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Ninety-five Theses → Disputatio pro declaratione virtutis indulgentiarum[a] at Latin Wikisource
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Ninety-five Theses → Disputatio pro declaratione virtutis indulgentiarum[a]
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Ninety-five Theses → 31 October 1517
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Ninety-five Theses → Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire

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Ninety-five ThesesPublication placeElectorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire1.00infobox
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Ninety-five Thesesrelated to backgroundUniversity0.60section
Ninety-five Thesesrelated to backgroundWittenberg0.60section
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Ninety-five Thesesrelated to backgroundRoman Catholic Church0.60section

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