Renaissance+and+Reformation+Documents


 * =Martin Luther Posting The Ninety-Five Theses= ||  ||
 * [[image:dannyamuseum/95_Thesis.jpg]] || [[image:dannyamuseum/Luther's_Bible.jpg]] ||
 * I am not sure what this image is made of, but it is of Martin Luther and his Ninety-Five Theses. I chose this as a document because it shows not only the Ninety-Five Theses but the importance of it and the effect it had on everyone. The power of this event is quite signifigant. This marked the beginning of the Catholic Reformation. This probably would have never happened if the Church had not sold indulgences to people so they could pay the expenses that their extravagant buildings cost. Martin Luther, the one who came up with the Theses, did not believe in this. That is why he posted this on the Wittengerg's All Saint's Church's front door. The Ninety-Five Theses stated that indulgences had no basis in the Bible, the pope had no jurisdiction over releasing souls from purgatory, and that through faith alone could you be saved. || This is a picture of Martin Luther's German translation of the Bible. This was made during the time of the printing press. A printed German Bible shows that people may be becoming less depentant on the Catholic Church. People do not need Church officials to translate German. This Bible is one of many ways the printing press caused religious turmoil within the Catholic Chruch. ||

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