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    Çağdaş Gürkan Sağbaş 16930 Martin Luther who was a monk wrote an article‚ which was known as 95 Theses. His aim was to criticize the indulgence and criticize the things such as inequalities‚ rights‚ freedom in religion. In article Luther also mentioned about liberty of conscience‚ land slavery of peasants which is control of the common lands from landlords‚ individual’s freedom. In addition‚ he criticized that pope’s and church’s profit seeking condition which is coveting community’s agricultural

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    thing that changed was the religious views. The Catholic Church were making money by selling indulgences‚ which was a paper that was said if you bought it; it would get you or a loved one out of purgatory. Things changed after a Monk named Martin Luther spoke his mind. He wrote a 95 thesis‚ which held all of his complaints about the Catholic Church. As his thesis spread people started to not buy indulgences‚ which meant the churches weren’t getting any money. Later the treaty of Augsburg was signed

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    Martin Luther was a primary force of change during the Reformation. Martin Luther was a very important shaper in the ideas and the movement of the reformation. He inspired massive changes to the societal and religious structure of the world‚ and as a result freed the world from the iron grip of the Catholic Church. Martin Luther was one of the most important reformers in the reformation. Martin Luther’s life before the Reformation helped to shape the ideas that he used to usher in change. His

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    Many people consider Martin Luther’s ideas revolutionary‚ but they were really just the tipping point. Before Luther‚ many people and events attacked the Catholic Church and it’s credibility. The most influential of these people and events were John Wycliffe‚ Jan Hus‚ and the Black Death. John Wycliffe was the first major critic of the ideology of the Catholic Church. His ideas would later influence both Jan Hus and Martin Luther himself. Wycliffe attacked the church with three separate ideas and

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    Church and questioned the Pope’s authority. John Tetzel‚ who sold indulgences in Germany‚ may have inspired Martin Luther’s protest in 1517. (1) John Tetzel‚ whose German name is Johann‚ was given the task of raising money for the building of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. He was exceptionally good at it‚ and he did so buy the selling of indulgences to the citizens of the Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Roman Empire. An indulgence was a certificate‚ which when purchased‚ and when confession was

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    selling the indulgences that documents were claimed as the forgiveness of sins. Martin Luther’s 95 theses was the beginning of Reformation. Theses 31 states “The man who actually buys indulgences is as rare as he who is really penitent; indeed‚ he is exceedingly rare.” Many people were buying the indulgences as willing for the forgiveness of sins‚ because they are not real penitent people. Martin Luther was saying that the people who are really penitent know that buying indulgences was not the

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    He disagreed with the teaching‚ that freedom from God’s punishment for sin could be bought with money. Martin Luther decided to write‚ Albert of Mainz‚ and dispute the practice of his “Disputation of Martin Luther on the Power of Efficacy of Indulgences”‚ later this letter was known as Ninety-five Theses. On October 31‚ 1517‚ Martin nailed his Theses to the door of All Saints Church in Wittenberg. Copies of Ninety-Five Theses spread like wildfire through Germany‚ Europe‚ France‚ England and Italy

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    was in charge of the church‚ pope leo x had people buy indulgences (ticket to heaven) he issued indulgences to raise money to raise money This indulgence was criticized by Martin Luther and the reason for the Protestant Reformation. monk martin luther who was against the indulgences wanted to discuss with the church about the true path to salvation. He wrote a speech subjecting the wrongs of the roman catholic church for selling indulgences‚ he named this speech “the ninety-five theses”. as luther

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    such as The Church selling indulgences‚ popes fighting for power‚ launching extravagant purchases‚ and the misteaching of the bible are some of the main reasons for Martin’s break off with the church. This essay will explain these points of how and why Martin Luther broke away from the church. The main or most profound reason for Martin’s break off from the church is that the church was selling indulgences. The Roman Catholic Church sold what were called indulgences for the pardons of sins committed

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    unintended‚ this triggered theological debate about the state of the Catholic Church which ultimately led to the German Reformation. These theses were a list of complaints about corruption in the Catholic Church and in particular the selling of indulgences hoisted by Dominican friar John Tetzel. From there on Martin Luther’s personal protest would transform into a more widespread reformation due to the German laity’s grievances with corruption in the Catholic Church. However‚ other factors also played

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