HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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He called for reforms.
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He claimed that salvation could be bought with money.
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He asked the pope to move to Constantinople.
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He converted to Judaism.
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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: -What caused Luther’s call for the Catholic Church to reform? The widespread selling of indulgences among other abuses angered him. For Luther the Bible became the only valid source of religious truth.
Detailed explanation-3: -Luther became increasingly angry about the clergy selling ‘indulgences’-promised remission from punishments for sin, either for someone still living or for one who had died and was believed to be in purgatory. On 31 October 1517, he published his ‘95 Theses’, attacking papal abuses and the sale of indulgences.
Detailed explanation-4: -Born in Eisleben, Germany, in 1483, Martin Luther went on to become one of Western history’s most significant figures. Luther spent his early years in relative anonymity as a monk and scholar. But in 1517 Luther penned a document attacking the Catholic Church’s corrupt practice of selling “indulgences” to absolve sin.