Upset with the practices of the Catholic church, this man published a list of complaints known as the 95 Theses that were nailed to the exterior door of the Castle church in Wittenburg, Germany.

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Upset with the practices of the Catholic church, this man published a list of complaints known as the “95 Theses” that were nailed to the exterior door of the Castle church in Wittenburg, Germany.

A	Martin Lawrence
B	Martin Luther King, Jr.
C	Steve Martin
D	Martin Luther

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted his Ninety-five Theses against papal indulgences, or the atonement of sins through monetary payment, on the door of the church at Wittenberg, Germany.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1517, Martin Luther wrote 95 theses criticising Roman Catholic Church. The 95 Theses is a proposition for debate concerned with the questioning of indulgences. Indulgences were pardon certificates granted by the Pope to those who gave money to build the church.

Detailed explanation-3: -His “95 Theses, ‘’ which propounded two central beliefs-that the Bible is the central religious authority and that humans may reach salvation only by their faith and not by their deeds-was to spark the Protestant Reformation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Irritated by Johann Tetzel, a Dominican friar who was reported to have preached to the faithful that the purchase of a letter of indulgence entailed the forgiveness of sins, Luther drafted a set of propositions for the purpose of conducting an academic debate on indulgences at the university in Wittenberg.

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