The Efficacy Of Indulgences And The Wittenberg Castle Church

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Luther objected vigorously to the practice of selling indulgences as he believed it was corrupt and believed and was committed he idea that only through faith and divine grace salvation could be reached. He wrote and nailed the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church acting on his belief “The 95 theses” also known as the “Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences,” a list of questions and propositions for a debate. The first two of the theses spoke Luther’s main idea which was that, God’s intention for believers was to seek repentance and that not deeds, but faith alone would lead to salvation. The other 93 theses, most of them directly criticising the practice of indulgences, supported the first two. The 95 theses, which became the
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