WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Martin Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses were a call for
A
revolt against German princes.
B
reforming the Catholic Church.
C
greater papal authority.
D
spreading Christianity.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ninety-five Theses, propositions for debate concerned with the question of indulgences, written (in Latin) and possibly posted by Martin Luther on the door of the Schlosskirche (Castle Church), Wittenberg, on October 31, 1517. This event came to be considered the beginning of the Protestant Reformation .

Detailed explanation-2: -His writings were responsible for fractionalizing the Catholic Church and sparking the Protestant Reformation. His central teachings, that the Bible is the central source of religious authority and that salvation is reached through faith and not deeds, shaped the core of Protestantism.

Detailed explanation-3: -Luther was certainly aware of indulgences before this time, but it was sales techniques used by Tetzel that brought the matter to his attention. Luther began to question the practice of selling indulgences and in response wrote the Ninety-Five Theses.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Ninety-Five Theses called for many reforms, including establishing new denominations. banning the sale of indulgences. allowing only priests to forgive sins. building palaces with church funds.

Detailed explanation-5: -In October 1517, Martin Luther famously published his 95 Theses, unleashing criticisms that resulted in a rejection of the pope’s authority and fractured Christianity as he knew it.

Detailed explanation-6: -Martin Luther, a German teacher and a monk, brought about the Protestant Reformation when he challenged the Catholic Church’s teachings starting in 1517. The Protestant Reformation was a religious reform movement that swept through Europe in the 1500s.

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