Luther's Ninety-Five Theses

Luther's Ninety-Five Theses

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Luther's Ninety-Five Theses

Information on Luther's Ninety-Five Theses from the publisher:

As a pastor he had noted the bad effects of indulgences upon the members of his won congregation, many of whom were going to nearby Juterbog and Zerbst in Brandenburg to by indulgence slips from Johann Tetzel. This practical question raised for him a deeper one, the question of their efficacy.

Description of Martin Luther, author of Luther's Ninety-Five Theses:

In the Ninety-five Theses Luther applied his evangelical theology to indulgences. He hoped thereby to find an answer to a practical problem which had disturbed him and other sincere Christians for a long time.