Analysis Of Ninety-Five Theses By Martin Luther

The Ninety- Five Theses are a list of problems with the church written by Martin Luther in 1517. Luther was a monk and a professor at a university in Germany where he lectured on the Bible. While studying the Bible, Luther became to realize that the way that the churches were was not the way that was right according to the Bible. He began to write down problems he had with the way the church worked. He didn’t think that it was right for a preacher to get paid to tell someone that their loved one wouldn’t have to spend as much time in purgatory. He believed that the only way that salvation was earned was through having faith. He didn’t believe you could pay your way into heaven like the church was teaching. Luther also believed that it was wrong that the church discouraged people from helping the poor. The theses were not considered just Luther’s opinions, many people began to realize what the church was doing and started debating what was right.

This day was considered the start of the reformation. Luther posted the theses on the door of All Saints’ Church and many other churches in Wittenburg. The theses were quickly reprinted, translated, and they were spread all through Germany and Europe. A pamphlet war between Luther and a preacher names Johann Tetzel who made Luther even more famous. Martin Luther’s superiors tried him for heresy which led to his excommunication in 1521. The theses were the start of reformation but Martin Luther did not consider them to be as important as other matters which would divide the church. HIs breakthrough did not come until later. He did not see the writing of these theses at the point where his beliefs diverged from